Police warn of rise in staged road traffic accidents

Roger Ball Allianz

The Metropolitan Police has warned of an increase in deliberately induced road collisions in the M25 area.

In a statement, the Met said: "The Metropolitan Police area is one of a number of regions within the UK that is experiencing a high level of deliberately induced road collisions.

"Organised criminal groups are targeting companies who operate vehicle fleets within the M25 area by deliberately causing collisions in order to defraud their insurers.

"Operation Catcher is a Metropolitan Police initiative, intended to identify an offence when it happens, prosecute the offenders and, as a result

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