70 Arrests for touting

Seventy arrests have been made during the past three weeks for cab related offences in a crackdown on touting. The arrests were as a result of increased activity by the Cab Enforcement Unit. Officers were out at night in plain clothes targeting touts across the Capital as well as teaming up with TfL’s Taxi and Private Hire Directorate across London checking taxis and minicabs.

Cab enforcement operations are carried out every weekend in line with current intelligence on touting behaviour and other illegal cab activity. TfL and the police use a broad range of tactics to deal with touting issues across London including covert tactics to detect and apprehend touts, high visibility enforcement and compliance activities, Automatic Number Plate Recognition,checks for valid insurance, financial investigation and confiscation of assets from touts, education and problem-solving activities.