The North West has been chosen as the region to test a rigorous new enforcement regime that will ultimately be rolled out across England and Wales. It is important because the National Enforcement Service (NES) will bring together for the first time a range of enforcement initiatives developed over the past two years. These include better access by magistrates' courts to crime fighting intelligence held by police and other government agencies such as the current whereabouts of 'hard to find' offenders.

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