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Gov't battles EU to use passenger data
News The Home Office says that e-Borders information on 50 million passengers movements has already led to 25,000 alerts and 2,100 arrests for offences ranging from murder and possession of firearms to drug-smuggling. [08 Aug 2008]
Phishing, malware and online fraud is booming
News The internet is also highlighted as a source of illegal goods such as controlled drugs, illegal firearms and false documents. A government report on serious criminal threats to the UK has warned of the growing danger... [06 Jun 2008]
Mobile data keeps Wiltshire Police out on the beat
News They will also be able to pick up information from Wiltshire Police's intelligence systems about a person of interest, such as whether they have a firearms licence, which could have an impact on the way they approach a... [11 Feb 2008]
Government reveals snooping figures
News He wrote: "It has played a key role in numerous operations including, for example, the prevention of murders, tackling large-scale drug importations, evasion of Excise duty, people smuggling, gathering intelligence both within the United... [30 Jan 2008]
Counterterrorism gets $200m tech backing from EU
News Funding will also be allocated for the development of a European ballistic database, which will analyse and store firearms information and allow sharing of information among European police forces, the Commission said in... [13 Sep 2007]
Google bans essay writing services
News Essay writing services will now join a selection of items banned from Google's AdWords - including tobacco, firearms, 'miracle cures', drugs and fireworks. Drugs. Prostitution. Guns. And now essay writing services: all... [23 May 2007]
Firearms database delayed again
News A £5.4m national firearms register has been delayed yet again because of technical problems. The NFLMS (National Firearms Licensing Management System) was expected to start going live this month but the... [14 Jul 2005]
Police road camera network targets criminals
News Cars flagged by the system can then be stopped by police and, in a trial of the technology by 23 forces last year, police stopped 180,543 vehicles and made 13,499 arrests, bagging 1,152 stolen vehicles and 13 firearms. [23 Mar 2005]
Webmaster of pro-jihad sites arrested in London
News Between 29 February 2000 and 17 December 2001, both websites urged Muslims to "use every means at their disposal to undertake military and physical training for jihad" and told them to take up physical and firearms... [09 Aug 2004]
£1.1m police firearms database takes aim at gun crime
News Police claim a new £1.1m firearms database will help take more guns off the streets by allowing forces across the country to share vital weapons and ammunition intelligence much more easily. The National... [25 Nov 2003]
PayPal bans payments for porn on eBay
News These include bootleg recordings, counterfeit currency and stamps, water pipes and wired cigarette papers, illegal drugs, firearms made after 1898, humans, corpses and human body parts. PayPal, the payment service eBay... [01 May 2003]
Bush signs Homeland Security bill - the details
News Categories include computer forensics, tools for investigating computer crime, DNA identification technologies and the development of firearms that recognise their owner. For the first half of this story, see:... [26 Nov 2002]
Dell's terrorist detector dumps US gun salesman
News Jack Weigand, who holds a federal firearms licence from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearm's National Licensing Center told Newsbytes: "If computers are dangerous, the scary thing here is that I could have just... [28 Feb 2002]
Climbing shares for Amazon.com
News According to reports, the company will open its mall doors to any retailer apart from those that trade in live animals and firearms. Amazon.com's share price jumped by 23 per cent yesterday on the news that the US... [30 Sep 1999]
Police force turns to Bull for system update
News The system then checks the firearms database to check whether weapons are held at that location as well as automatically finding the nearest, or most appropriate, resources to deal with the situation. [13 Aug 1999]
