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Fresh DVLA porn email probe: 65 investigated
Staff face gross misconduct charges

By Jo Best

Published: Tuesday 31 October 2006

An ongoing investigation into the distribution of pornographic content in emails at the DVLA has led to a further 65 staff facing disciplinary action.

The investigation centres on the DVLA's Swansea base, where the 65 staff have been charged with gross misconduct and could face being fired if found to have broken the Agency's code of conduct.

A statement from the Agency said: "The investigation will follow our normal procedures and all concerned will have the opportunity to respond to the charge."

A spokesman for the DVLA told silicon.com a small proportion of the emails that spurred the disciplinary action are pornographic. The rest are either offensive or obscene.

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The new misconduct charges come as part of the DVLA's ongoing investigation into inappropriate use of email.

Earlier this year, the Agency sacked 14 employees after it found they had been abusing the email system to distribute porn images, contravening the DVLA's policy on email use.

More than 100 staff were also disciplined as a result of the June probe, although only those found to have passed on the most shocking images lost their jobs following the investigation.