The Dedicated Cheque and Plastic Crime Unit (DCPCU) is a special police unit fully sponsored by the banking industry, through APACS, and has an ongoing brief to help stamp out organised card and cheque fraud across the UK. It is a unique body that comprises officers from the Metropolitan and City of London police forces who work alongside banking industry fraud investigators.

Information about APACS - the UK payments association can be found at www.apacs.org.uk and more information about card fraud and its prevention at www.cardwatch.org.uk