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Police information on risks involving millions (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

gendarmes

'police' is the definition.
(branch of French police)

'information on risks involving millions' is the wordplay.
'information' becomes 'gen' (gen can informally mean information).
'on' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other) (in a down clue, letters appear on others).
'risks' becomes 'dares' (I've seen this before).
'involving' indicates putting letters inside.
'millions' becomes 'm' (abbreviation).
'dares' enclosing 'm' is 'darmes'.
'gen'+'darmes'='GENDARMES'

(Other definitions for gendarmes that I've seen before include "soldiers" , "French policemen" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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