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It is by far the largest of the police services that operate in greater London (the others include the City of London Police and the British Transport Police). The Royal Parks Constabulary has now become part of the Metropolitan Police Service. <BR><BR> Prevention of Fraud in Travel was officially formed via the Metropolitan Police through its initiative Operation Sterling in 2009. Since the formation of Prevention of Fraud in Travel we continue to work very closely with the Metropolitan Police. <BR><BR> One of the Metropolitan Police`s most successfully area of work in the travel and leisure industry was in Operation Neon. For more information see <a href="/profit/neon.asp/" ><font color = blue>Operation Neon >></font></a>. <BR><BR> The Metropolitan Police is a founder member of Prevention of Fraud in Travel and plays a key role in fraud prevention within the travel and leisure industry. Prevention of Fraud in Travel would like to thank the Metropolitan Police for its continued support. <br><br> <a href="http://content.met.police.uk/Home/" target='new' ><font color = blue>The Metropolitan Police >></font></a> <BR> </td> </tr> </table> <br> </p><br> <table> <tr> <td align = "center"> <font size = 1> <a href="/profit/archive.asp?page=airline_fraud_and_scams">Airline fraud</a> : <a href="/profit/archive.asp?page=apartment_property_and_villa_fraud">Apartment & villa fraud</a> : <a href="/profit/archive.asp?page=callcenterfraud">Call centre fraud</a> : <a href="/profit/archive.asp?page=creditcardfraud">Credit card fraud</a> : <a href="/profit/archive.asp?page=cruisefraud">Cruise fraud</a> : <a href="/profit/archive.asp?page=emailscam">E-mail fraud</a> : <a href="/profit/archive.asp?page=eventfraud">Event fraud</a> : <a href="/profit/archive.asp?page=fraudconvictions">Fraud convictions</a> : <a href="/profit/archive.asp?page=travel_fraud_prevention">Fraud prevention</a> : <a href="/profit/archive.asp?page=fraudstersincourt">Fraudsters in court</a> : <a href="/profit/archive.asp?page=fraud_regulations">Fraud regulation</a> : <a href="/profit/archive.asp?page=fraudstats">Fraud stats</a> : <a href="/profit/archive.asp?page=hajjfraud">Hajj fraud</a> : <a href="/profit/archive.asp?page=hotel_fraud_and_scams">Hotel fraud</a> : <a href="/profit/archive.asp?page=identity_theft_and_id_scams">Identity theft</a> : <a href="/profit/archive.asp?page=insurance_fraud_and_scams">Insurance fraud</a> : <a href="/profit/archive.asp?page=onlinescam">Online scams</a> : <a href="/profit/archive.asp?page=fraud_and_scams">Other fraud</a> <a href="/profit/archive.asp?page=ticket_fraud_and_scams">Ticket fraud</a> : <a href="/profit/archive.asp?page=timesharefraud">Timeshare fraud</a> : <a href="/profit/archive.asp?page=transport_fraud_and_scams_train_fraud">Transport fraud</a> : <a href="/profit/archive.asp?page=travelagentfraud">Travel agent fraud</a> <br><br> <a href=" /profit/fraud-prevention-advice-for-business.asp "> Fraud prevention advice for businesses </a> : <a href=" /profit/fraud-prevention-advice-for-consumers.asp "> Fraud prevention advice for consumers </a> : <a href=" /profit/about-prevention-of-fraud-in-travel.asp "> About Prevention of fraud in travel </a> <br><br> <a href=" http://www.nfib.police.uk/ " target = new> National Fraud Intelligence Bureau</a> </a> : <a href=" http://www.met.police.uk/fraudalert/index.htm " target = new> Operation Sterling</a> </a> : <a href=" http://www.actionfraud.org.uk/report_fraud " target = new> Report a fraud</a> : <a href=" http://www.actionfraud.org.uk/report_fraud " target = new> Report a scam</a> : </a> <a href=" http://www.actionfraud.org.uk/ " target = new> Action fraud</a> </a> <br> <br> <a href="/profit/abta.asp">ABTA</a> : <a href="/profit/ba.asp">BA</a> : <a href="/profit/caa.asp">CAA</a> : <a href="/profit/davenportlyons.asp">Davenport Lyons</a> : <a href="/profit/haystravel.asp">Hays Travel</a> : <a href="/profit/globaltravelgroup.asp">Global Travel Group</a> : <a href="/profit/metropolitanpolice.asp">Metropolitan Police</a> : <a href="/profit/teletextholidays.asp">Teletext Holidays</a> : <a href="/profit/thecoop.asp">The Co Op</a> : <a href="/profit/tta.asp">TTA</a> <br> <br> Prevention of Fraud in Travel - 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