A new study from The University of Manchester has offered the most comprehensive look to date at how the UK coordinates its response to economic crime, identifying the structural challenges that make this difficult to do well. The research examined the work of the National Economic Crime Centre (NECC), a multi-agency body established in 2018 to coordinate the UK's response to economic crime including fraud, money laundering, bribery and corruption. The research found that political priorities and major world events can rapidly reshape which forms of economic crime receive attention and resources. The authors argue that while the broad label of economic crime helps attract political attention and funding, it can also obscure important differences between offences that require very different responses. What the researchers say