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Fighting crime
Project Genesius

BOSS Insurance Services Project Genesius is a By following a voluntary code

pioneering initiative set up in of conduct, the Rubber Stamp Promoting the writing industry
the United Kingdom by the Industry and the Printing Industry The write way

Insurance solutions Metropolitan Police’s Economic are able to identify good practice Writing Instruments Association (WIA)
in customer profiling, prevent
& Specialist Crime Unit. It works
loss to unregulated customers
in partnership with the Rubber
SOPX Exhib Stamp Industry and the Printing and maintain the reputation of The WIA is the trade association for ✱ do all things necessary and
designed exclusively
both industries.
Industry to reduce the harm to
for BOSS members
The RSMG is a full participating
the UK from criminal gangs who
Promoting that industry, it provides a
the industry
obtain stamps and specialised member at the regular quarterly the UK Writing Instruments Industry. proper for the development of
printing equipment from Project Genesius meetings held forum for the exchange of ideas and
legitimate suppliers, and use at New Scotland Yard in London information. Through its specialist Technical Committee
them to produce thousands of and a member of the Project Technical Committee, it examines a WIA has its own Technical Committee
fake identity documents. Genesius steering committee. number of issues that directly affect to maintain a watching brief on
A joint working relationship In addition to the RSMG and the manufacture and distribution standards and legal requirements of
has been established with the the Printing Industry, members of writing instruments throughout its business sector.
Rubber Stamp Manufacturing of the Met’s SOCA (Serious the UK. WIA is associated with the
Guild (RSMG) and many of the Organised Crime Agency), British Office Supplies and Services Membership of the WIA
larger companies within the UK and a representative from the Federation BOSS. The membership of the WIA is open
Printing Industry to raise Home Office also form part to all UK manufacturers of writing
awareness of the scale of identity of the steering committee, as The purpose of the association is to: instruments such as pens, ballpoints,
document abuse, share relevant do representatives from the ✱ foster and promote the interests pencils, markers and mechanical
intelligence and prevent the American Embassy, who report of the Writing Instruments pencils; those companies that
criminal abuse of stamps and on Project Genesius activities to Industry assemble writing instruments in the
printing equipment. Homeland Security in the USA. ✱ increase the use of its products UK for sale in the UK; and distributors
✱ collect and disseminate pertinent of writing instruments, excluding
information relating to the retailers and wholesalers.
industry
✱ represent the industry’s view to n FURTHER DETAILS ARE
government and public bodies AVAILABLE FROM
✱ promote good public relations info@bossfederation.co.uk

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ballpoint pens were sold in the Back to School period in
2008 – six pens for every UK school child.
Data courtesy of GFK, www.gfkrt.com/uk, the providers of the BOSS Market Tracking service for further
20 BOSS TODAY / July 2009 information please visit www.bossfederation.co.uk and click on the Market Tracking Service page. August 2009 / BOSS TODAY 9