They now amount to almost half of all crime – and is my job to co-ordinate the battle against the fraudsters across the range of Government departments and regulators.
Our goals: better protection for individuals and businesses from scammers, an end to our inadvertent role in helping drug traffickers and people smugglers launder the proceeds of their crimes, and leadership in the fight against Putin’s barbaric regime.
The Prime Minister’s manner was robust. His position is not yet robust, which means the Commons is more powerful.
Lord Agnew’s account of why he decided he must go has not had the attention it deserves.
It now needs to get real. This is clearly the plan in the next few months, starting with the Queen’s Speech tomorrow, leading to the Levelling Up paper.
Our new Pensions Bill will cracking down on bad pension bosses, utilising new technology to put the consumer in charge, and help us get to Net Zero.
Together with error, it is set to cost the taxpayer an eye-watering sum in the region of £4.6 billion.
Here are my suggestions to ministers of five things they must focus on to truly bear down on the challenge that the volume of crime in our times presents.