Operation Elveden
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Operation Elveden was a UK police investigation into alleged illegal payments by journalists to public officials, conducted alongside probes into the wider News International phone hacking scandal.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Operation Elveden canonical | 3 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
criminal investigation
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police investigation ⓘ |
| aim | investigate corrupt payments to public officials by journalists ⓘ |
| authority |
Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police
ⓘ
surface form:
Metropolitan Police Commissioner
|
| basedOn | information from News Corporation Management and Standards Committee ⓘ |
| category |
Metropolitan Police operations
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News International phone hacking scandal ⓘ Police corruption in the United Kingdom ⓘ |
| chargesBrought |
conspiracy to commit misconduct in public office
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misconduct in public office ⓘ |
| coordinatedWith |
Operation Tuleta
ⓘ
Operation Weeting ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| focus |
payments by journalists to other public officials
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payments by journalists to police officers ⓘ |
| follows | News International phone hacking scandal ⓘ |
| hasLanguage | English ⓘ |
| inception | 2011 ⓘ |
| industryInvolved |
British press
ⓘ
News International ⓘ |
| investigatingAgency | Metropolitan Police Service ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | Metropolitan Police Service ⓘ |
| legalBasis | offence of misconduct in public office under English law ⓘ |
| legalOutcome |
a number of convictions for misconduct in public office
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some acquittals of journalists ⓘ |
| location |
London, England
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surface form:
London
|
| mediaCoverage |
BBC News Channel
ⓘ
surface form:
BBC News
UK national newspapers ⓘ |
| notableArrests |
News of the World
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surface form:
News of the World journalists
Sun journalists ⓘ public officials ⓘ |
| oversight | Crown Prosecution Service ⓘ |
| partOf |
Metropolitan Police investigations into News International
ⓘ
wider UK press ethics scandal ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
British media ethics
ⓘ
Leveson Inquiry ⓘ News Corporation scandals ⓘ Operation Tuleta ⓘ Operation Weeting ⓘ |
| scope |
payments for confidential information
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relationships between journalists and public officials ⓘ |
| subject |
corruption in public office
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illegal payments by journalists to public officials ⓘ misconduct in public office ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 2010s ⓘ |
| triggeredBy | revelations about News of the World phone hacking ⓘ |
| typeOfCrimeInvestigated |
corruption
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misconduct in public office ⓘ |
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