SOCU’s legal advisors responsible for ensuring solid cases taken to court -Harmon

Joseph Harmon

The legal minds advising the Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) have a responsibility to ensure that solid cases are taken before the court, according to Minister of State Joseph Harmon, who says that government will continue to pump resources into the unit to boost its investigative capacity.

“SOCU, they are gathering information and if, in fact, the persons who have the legal eye to see what is it that will stand up in court, allow it to go through, how could you blame the investigators?” he asked during a post-Cabinet press briefing on Friday.

Harmon was asked how concerned the government was about SOCU’s apparent inability to bring solid matters before the court and the recent contention by the office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) that the unit was not doing quality investigations.