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Nothing to declare A Customs and Excise jacket BBC One,
Wednesday, 23 March 2005, 21:00 GMT  The most powerful law
enforcement agency in Britain is in crisis. Her Majesty's
Customs and Excise (HMCE) is under investigation by the
Metropolitan police. How did the agency, whose investigators
were once regarded as the gold standard of criminal justice in
Britain, fall so spectacularly from grace?  Hundreds of millions
of pounds have been squandered in lost revenue. Two of Custom's
most senior personnel - its head of law enforcement and Chief
Solicitor - were suspended last year, and the department has
lost control of its powers to prosecute.  NOTE: A complaint
about this programme has been upheld by the BBC Editorial
Complaints Unit. Mr Terry Byrne successfully complained to the
BBC about aspects of the way he was represented in this
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