Tony Blair says a new force will tackle the "brutal and sophisticated" criminal gangs of the 21st Century.
The Serious Organised Crime Agency, dubbed Britain's FBI, will bring together more than 4,000 police, customs and immigration experts.
Soca "law enforcement officers", with new multiple powers, will target international drug and people traffickers and fraudsters.
They would make life "hell" for criminal "Mr Bigs", Mr Blair said.
"The level of sophistication, the level, frankly, of brutality with which many of these gangs operate today means that we have to do it differently," Mr Blair said at the Downing Street launch.
The rest of the story here:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4870988.stm
What do you guys think the (dis)advantages of an agency that has all the powers of the major law enforcement agencies in the country would be. Could the powers be drawn upon and abused? For example, could they be used to enforce another agenda other than what we are told?