in 2008 a cross border fuel fraud enforcement group was established by the northern ireland security minister, paul goggins, and operates under the auspices of the organised crime task force. on this group, which is chaired by hm revenue and customs, sits the police service of northern ireland (psni), serious organised crime agency (soca), the northern ireland environment agency together with the cab, the revenue commissioners and the garda síochána. the criminal assets bureau is also represented on the joint agency task force, which was created under the "fresh start agreement" to identify strategic priorities for combatting cross-border organised crime and to oversee operational co-ordination.