Guide Note
For the second time in a week, secret top-level documents outlining the U.K's fight against terrorism were found on a train bound for London. The documents were handed over by a passenger to the British newspaper The Independent Sunday. The files were found on the same day another set of documents were given to the BBC by another passenger.
Fast Facts
- Documents outlined details of the U.K's policy on fighting terrorist funding, drug trafficking and money laundering
- Highlights weaknesses in the HM Revenue & Customs IT systems that track financial fraud
- Train destined for Waterloo station on Wednesday, June 11, 2008
- The Independent Sunday handed the documents over to the government
- First set of documents were left behind by an unnamed Cabinet Office employee who was later suspended
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