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The Importance of Prospecting

whitepaper The function of prospecting is to identify and attract suspects and then convert these suspects into prospects. Potential customers come in two types: suspects and prospects. A suspect is someone who appears to fit the target market or shows some...

Tags: sales - marketing

[16 May 2008]

Photos: BlackBerrys on the beat

Photo Mobile applications for shift briefing, crime tasking and intelligence reporting currently allow officers to access up-to-date intelligence in real-time, quickly identify suspects and update back-end systems directly.

Tags: police, crime, blackberry, officer

[08 Feb 2008]

iPhone 'mugging fear' unfounded, say police

News The crackdown - dubbed Operation Prestige - began back in October, targeting eBay sellers of stolen mobiles, wanted robbery suspects and the false reporting of stolen phones. He added: "We are continuing to work closely with businesses to identify...

Tags: iphone, nmpcu, crime, handsets

[07 Jan 2008]

Clothing recognition tech nabs armed robber

Case Study Unable to identify the suspects by their faces, the police identified that the same sets of clothes were worn in each of the robberies. ABM's Facial Verification Team was able to identify characteristics on the clothing seen on camera, which...

Tags: police, crime, cctv, evidence

[13 Dec 2007]

Malware Detection

whitepaper MalWare detection allows investigators to employ datasets like National Software Reference Library (NSRL) or build their own specialized databases of hash codes based on hostile or malicious content that can provide significant clues regarding the...

Tags: network security, databases, malware, detection

[06 Jul 2007]

Police crackdown to see drivers fingerprinted

Police crackdown to see drivers fingerprinted

News Forces calculate they can save £2.2m per year by eliminating the need to take suspects back to the station to have them fingerprinted - plus another £1.6m in extra revenue from Fixed Penalty Notices (on the spot fines for minor offences).

Tags: drivers, fingerprint, police

[22 Nov 2006]

FBI nabs phishers in US, Poland

News Additional arrests are expected to come out of an investigation in Romania, where FBI agents are still monitoring suspects. Agents conducted investigations inside the US and other countries to identify a ring of identity thieves who were acquiring...

Tags: fbi, phishing, fraud

[03 Nov 2006]

Peter Cochrane's Blog: Flight frustrations

Comment It was also effective in identifying and rounding up suspects. I think we can safely assume that the police and security service have a list of hot suspects who should be rendered readily identifiable at all airports.

Tags: business travel

[22 Aug 2006]

Give us open access to Whois data, says US gov't

News He cited cases in which the agency tracked down suspects using a range of phony registration names by matching contact information. He said: "Whois databases often are one of the first tools FTC investigators use to identify wrongdoers.

Tags: whois

[28 Jun 2006]

Opinion: ID cards - a fiasco waiting to happen

Comment Will they be treated like criminals or potential suspects? After all, how can you identify the terrorist if you have a system which can only identify 95 per cent of the population? A national ID card may not be bad in theory, says Brian White but...

Tags: id cards

[16 Jan 2006]

Biometrics and RFID tracking on anti-crime wish-list

News The report said that tracking technologies are already being used for the surveillance of criminals and terrorist suspects, and the management of offenders by the use of tagging and satellite tracking.

Tags: rfid

[22 Nov 2005]

Justice for All: For Government, Information-Sharing Tops the Most-Wanted List

whitepaper Most law enforcement experts would agree that one of the best ways to combat crime - be it local or global - is to use information technology to identify and track suspects and criminals wherever they hide.

Tags: security tools, enforcement, enable, crime

[30 Aug 2005]

Bomber manhunt to force e-border check review

News Concerns over border security following the manhunt for the London bombing suspects could lead to proposals for a new computer-based checking system being rushed in. The government's e-borders system will identify people who have boarded transport...

Tags: border, manhunt, bomber

[01 Aug 2005]

London attacks: Were mobiles used to detonate bombs?

News Mobile phone operators will also be able to provide the authorities with information on which of their customers were using their phones in specific areas near where the attacks took place, helping the police and other emergency services both...

Tags: gchq, cell, mobiles, london

[08 Jul 2005]

Police unveil mobile CSI wagon

Police unveil mobile CSI wagon

News It means you can quickly identify suspects. The FSS - an executive agency of the Home Office - said by providing immediate access to forensic services the FRV will deliver vital intelligence on suspects and witnesses much faster than processed...

Tags: police

[13 May 2005]

UK police upgrade biometric ID tech

News Under the contract, Northrop Grumman's information technology sector will provide the underlying technology for the Ident1 service, which allows police to identify suspects from palm prints and fingerprints throughout the UK.

Tags: northrop grumman, biometrics, police, pito

[14 Dec 2004]

Bookie Betfair reins in race fixing

News UK online bookie Betfair has helped police identify suspects in an alleged race-fixing scandal that has rocked the racing establishment and raised fresh concerns over the levels of corruption within sport.

[01 Sep 2004]

FBI arrests Blaster worm suspect

FBI arrests Blaster worm suspect

News McKay said federal authorities were continuing their investigation to identify other suspects in the MSBlast attack, including those responsible for creating the original worm. Earlier this week, FBI Director Robert Mueller said his agency was...

Tags: ms blast, worm writer, suspect, fbi

[01 Sep 2003]

RIAA gets personal over music downloads

RIAA gets personal over music downloads

News The RIAA would not identify the suspects' names, nor would it comment on whether the subscribers had responded to the letters or whether it planned to follow up with further legal action. The Recording Industry Association of America has sent...

[20 Jun 2003]

Facial recognition puts crooks in the picture

Facial recognition puts crooks in the picture

News The police will be using images generated from CCTV footage, sketches and e-fits to match against a database of facial images to identify suspects. Essex police is trialing facial recognition software in the pursuit of crooks.

[31 Jan 2002]

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