The U.K.’s Serious Organised Crime Agency refused to reveal the names of law firms and insurance companies that may have hired convicted private investigators who illegally gained information.
SOCA declined to publish the list because of the “detrimental” effect “to ongoing investigations and enquiries,” following a request from the U.K. Parliament’s Home Affairs Committee, the national police unit said in a statement posted on its website.
SOCA gave the Home Affairs Committee a list of clients of four private investigators who were jailed last year for using illegal methods to get information. The agency asked the panel not to publish the names to avoid prejudicing future investigations, and because there was no finding the companies had broken the law.
Committee Chairman Keith Vaz has given SOCA until Sept. 9 to publish the list or lawmakers will release it themselves.
The list included 22 law firms, as well as 10 insurance companies, an oil company and eight companies in financial services, SOCA said in July.
Editors: Anthony Aarons, Eddie Buckle
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