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IPCC har nu 45 igangværende undersøgelser for påståede forsøg på at skjule, som alle involvere fremtrædende individer i det britiske samfund. De har også det tilfælles, at det drejer sig om "anklager for korruption i Metropolitan Police Service relateret til seksuelle forbrydelser mod børn fra perioden mellem 1970erne og frem til nullerne" siger IPCC i en udtalelse.
"De handler alle om anklager for at undertrykke bevismateriale, hindring eller standsning af undersøgelser, og dækning af påståede forbrydelser, fordi de involverede fremtrædende politikere eller politifolk."
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The probes will be carried out by the Met's professional standards department with the oversight of the IPCC. The watchdog said investigations were launched after allegations of corruption were leveled by former officers. The IPCC is also running probes involving Essex and Sussex police forces.
In February, the Met dropped a controversial investigation, dubbed Operation Midland, into claims of sexual abuse by high-profile establishment figures due to a lack of evidence.
However, detectives said Operation Midland's central witness, known only as 'Nick', is still credible and that evidence to back up his claims does exist.
Nick's testimony relates to the years between 1975 and 1984, and has implicated well-known members of the political world, including Lords Bramall and Brittan, who were not charged, but whose reputations suffered.
Critics of the investigation said the police had been taken in by fantasist whose claims are baseless.
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