Metropolitan Police War Crimes Unit

The Metropolitan Police War Crimes Unit was a specialist unit of the Metropolitan Police Service investigating cases relating to the War Crimes Act 1991. It was formed on 28 May 1991[1] and - with no more leads on any such cases remaining after the trial of Anthony Sawoniuk - it was disbanded in summer 1999 and its work transferred to the Organised Crime Group, part of the Specialist Operations (SO) Department.[1][2] As of 2015 such work was carried out by Counter Terrorism Command, also part of Specialist Operations.[3]

References
  1. "Metropolitan Police Service: Specialist Operations Branch (SO1): Records of the War Crimes Unit 1991-1999 (MEPO 41)". The National Archives. Retrieved 15 September 2022.
  2. "FOI release - Reasons for the disbanding of the Metropolitan Police War Crimes Unit" (PDF). Home Office. 10 March 2006. Retrieved 15 September 2022.
  3. "Counter Terrorism Command website". Counter Terrorism Command. MPS. Retrieved 2015-12-16.


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