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More than 700 investigations launched after calls to Met anti-corruption line

Source: PA Wire

More than 700 investigations have been launched by Britain’s biggest police force after nearly 3,000 contacts to an anti-corruption hotline in the first 18 months of operation.

The figures for the Metropolitan Police were revealed on Thursday as the police anti-corruption and abuse reporting service was rolled out nationally.

A series of harrowing scandals, including the murder of by serving officer , and then-Pc being unmasked as a serial rapist, led the Met

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