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News A spokesman for the Attorney General's Office said: "A proof-of-concept model is being developed and will be tested from the summer, for six months, with aim to identify what information is not being compared currently and join up information that...
[28 Apr 2008]
News We're looking at days rather than months.silicon.com's e-Crime Crackdown campaign is calling for a national UK cyber crime police unit. Traditional crime has moved online and law enforcement needs to get there quick," she said.
[25 Apr 2008]
News His warning echoes silicon.com's e-Crime Crackdown campaign, which calls for a dedicated police cyber crime unit in the UK. More law enforcement and police resources are needed to tackle the security "perfect storm" facing businesses today, a...
[09 Apr 2008]
News Online reporting body the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) is reporting a $40m jump in the cost of international e-crime over 2006.silicon.com's e-Crime Crackdown campaign is calling for a national UK cyber crime police unit.
[08 Apr 2008]
News Shadow home secretary David Davis said a crime is committed online in the UK "every ten seconds" - costing UK businesses £10bn a year.silicon.com's e-Crime Crackdown campaign is calling for a national UK cyber crime police unit.
[03 Apr 2008]
News Benn said that increasing numbers of people are sharing music over clients such as LimeWire in the false belief they are not breaking the law. Illegal music downloads are being fuelled by file-sharing applications that allow people to share tunes...
[27 Mar 2008]
News The government has pledged to meet with law enforcers to forge new policies on tackling cyber crime.silicon.com's e-Crime Crackdown campaign is calling for a national UK cyber crime police unit. McMurdie recently added her voice to those supporting...
[26 Mar 2008]
News She said: "The thing that is disturbing us the most is the exchange of stolen credit card data and the scale on which it is being traded on the internet and its availability to be bought.silicon.com's e-Crime Crackdown campaign is calling for a...
[19 Mar 2008]
News Some of the biggest names in law enforcement, business and the IT industry have thrown their weight behind our e-Crime Crackdown campaign.silicon.com's e-Crime Crackdown campaign is calling for a national UK cyber crime police unit.
[12 Mar 2008]
News Most of Romania's law enforcement efforts are concentrated on its capital, Bucharest, but most of the cases identified during the crackdown were coming from smaller towns, where the eBay team sometimes found backlogs of 200 eBay-related fraud...
[10 Mar 2008]
News The taxman is spending £60m on a secure communications system to help in its crackdown on fraudsters and smugglers. HMRC's law enforcement arm investigates and detects crimes involving tax fraud, smuggling and related issues, providing the...
[13 Feb 2008]
News A piracy crackdown is to target companies in Glasgow after the city was pinpointed as being a hotspot for illegal software. Strawson said future crackdowns will pick up on the many creative companies inadvertently breaking the law by using...
[07 Feb 2008]
News Police: There's no piggybacking crackdown Despite wi-fi piggybacking hitting the headlines this year, the police said the arrest of a man for piggybacking on someone else's wi-fi-enabled broadband connection was not part of a wider crackdown.
[13 Dec 2007]
News UK drivers caught using their mobiles at the wheel will be hit with increased fines and penalty points as the government's new crackdown comes into force. According to the government, the revamped punishments are necessary to deter the 21 per cent...
[26 Feb 2007]
News The company's services were used extensively for payments made to online gambling sites before a change in US law last year made that type of transaction illegal.silicon.com Financial Services Neteller, the online payment processing group, is to...
[16 Feb 2007]
News Drivers who insist on chatting away on handheld mobile phones are facing a further crackdown as the government attempts to rid the UK's roads of the dangerous practice. Alexander added: "Worryingly, while 92 per cent of people agree with the law...
[22 Jan 2007]
News The Home Office is proposing law enforcement such as the Serious Organised Crime Agency (Soca) be allowed to break through the red tape of the Data Protection Act to access a number of databases - with the hope this would help capture more criminals.
[18 Jul 2006]
News The legal action against Google comes as Congress and the Bush administration have been attempting to step up their crackdown on online sexual exploitation of children. A spokesman said in an email: "We also report it to the appropriate law...
[08 May 2006]
News Microsoft is filing lawsuits against more than 50 Europeans as part of a crackdown on phishing scammers. Law firm Olswang is acting for Microsoft in the four UK lawsuits but has not named the individuals or the ISP involved.
[21 Mar 2006]
Leader And if it's a small amount of money then it's a low priority as far as law enforcement is concerned. The DTI and the OFT have realised they need to cooperate with law enforcement and must set their sights way beyond the boundaries of the UK if they...
[02 Feb 2006]
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