The UK Protected Persons Service (UKPPS) is a service provided by the

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that provides personal protection to people at risk of serious harm, such as those requiring

witness protection Witness protection is security provided to a threatened person providing testimonial evidence to the justice system, including defendants and other clients, before, during, and after a trial, usually by police. While a witness may only require p ...

or at threat from

domestic abuse Domestic violence (also known as domestic abuse or family violence) is violence or other abuse that occurs in a domestic setting, such as in a marriage or cohabitation. ''Domestic violence'' is often used as a synonym for ''intimate partner v ...

, honour-based violence, or

organized crime Organized crime (or organised crime) is a category of transnational, national, or local groupings of highly centralized enterprises run by criminals to engage in illegal activity, most commonly for profit. While organized crime is generally tho ...

. It works with the

National Crime Agency The National Crime Agency (NCA) is a national law enforcement agency in the United Kingdom. It is the UK's lead agency against organised crime; human, weapon and drug trafficking; cybercrime; and economic crime that goes across regional and in ...

and British police forces. The service can provide protected people with new identities and homes. The UKPPS was set up in 2013, and was reorganized to be under centralized control by the National Crime Agency in 2019. , the service provided protection for around 3000 people at a cost of around £20 million per year. Section 4 of the

Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 The Serious Organized Crime and Police Act 2005 (c.15) (often abbreviated to SOCPA or SOCAP) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom aimed primarily at creating the Serious Organised Crime Agency. It also significantly extended and si ...

makes provision for witness protection services.

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BBC ''Newsnight'' report on the activities of the UKPPS
Law enforcement agencies of the United Kingdom National Crime Agency Witness protection {{police-stub

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