SFO gets more money to investigate more cases

The Serious Fraud Office is getting a $1.5 million increase so it can investigate more cases, Attorney-General Margaret Wilson said in a budget statement.

"It will ensure the SFO has the number and calibre of staff it requires, meets its increasing operational costs and enhances investigators' capability to combat e-crime," she said.

Crown Prosecution services would get an extra $7.9 million over four years to meet the cost of growing workloads.

"The reality is that there are more crimes of greater complexity being committed, and the public rightly expects the necessary investigations and prosecutions to be done quickly and efficiently," Ms Wilson said.

- NZPA

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