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J O U R N A L I S M W E E K LY<br />
www.pressgazette.co.uk 14 June 2012<br />
Nationals<br />
Revealed: cost of<br />
Met's press probes<br />
BY ANDREW PUGH<br />
PIC: REUTERS<br />
The Met has spent almost £8m<br />
investigating allegations of wrongdoing<br />
involving journalists over the last year.<br />
New figures obtained by Press Gazette<br />
also reveal that more than 150 staff have<br />
been working on the various probes.<br />
Operation Weeting – the Met's second<br />
investigation into phone-hacking – has<br />
racked up £5.9m in costs since its launch<br />
in January 2011 to the end of 2012, using<br />
83 officers and 19 administrative staff.<br />
Operation Elveden, the probe into<br />
illegal payments to police and public<br />
officials, has so far cost £1.5m and<br />
employed 36 officers and nine staff.<br />
A further £0.4m was spent on<br />
Operation Tuleta, the inquiry into<br />
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