The BSC will continue to drive change beyond these legislative measures set out in the Act. It will seek out non-legislative reforms to better support law enforcement and wider partners to understand, identify and tackle OIC. Money laundering underpins and enables most forms of organised crime, allowing OCGs to further their operations and conceal their assets. The BSC will therefore seek to establish closer working relationships with the banking sector to prevent the flow of illicit finance and degrade the profits of OCGs facilitating illegal migration.
	The BSC will redirect money previously earmarked for the Migration and Economic Development Partnership to support law enforcement in their efforts to tackle OIC, ensuring they are equipped to say ahead of the threat. The BSC will seek to identify and share best practice across policing, support the consistent sharing of intelligence and proactively consider emerging policy options and levers most likely to achieve the greatest disruptive effect against the OCGs facilitating OIC.
	This Government is determined to tackle the threat of OIC, and is working closely with international partners to develop strategic solutions to tackle the problem from route to source. The Government will expand overseas networks, deploying additional officers to build relationships, develop capabilities where needed and collaborate operationally with individual transit countries, countries of origin and partner countries, as well as multilaterally. The BSC is leading the system to:
Work with the EU and EU Member States to improve and strengthen legislative responses to Organised Immigration Crime, ensuring legislation in this area addresses the range of destinations and transit routes being used and the breadth of criminal activity people smugglers are involved in;
Ensure the UK plays its part in Europol with more dedicated resource and capability, including through an uplifted UK presence;
Deepen operational cooperation with the EU on Organised Immigration Crime as part of a wider UK-EU reset, including access to real-time intelligence and enhanced cooperation between policing teams;
Demonstrate leadership and creativity in enforcement responses to Organised Immigration Crime, including with European partners (e.g. through Calais Group, new UK led Organised Immigration Crime international fora, G7, G20 etc); and
Encourage greater action from transit and countries of origin, working with the EU and international partners to deliver the required change.
Border Security Non-legislative programme