organised crime
RSS organised crimeRevealed: The anatomy of an internet scam
News One of problems in the way this crime is organised is it's not like mafia command and control, these are people that agree to work together on certain projects. It's a very complex... [19 Oct 2009]
Cheat Sheet: The Police Central e-crime Unit
Cheat Sheet There's also the City of London Police force, which battles online crime as part of its role as the national lead police force for fraud and the Serious Organised Crime Agency (Soca)... [20 Jul 2009]
Soca's cybercrime cops score 21 convictions
News In response to a written parliamentary question this week, Home Secretary Alan Johnson said from April 2006 until March 2009 the e-crime unit of the Serious Organised Crime Agency (Soca)... [15 Jul 2009]
Data moving to the cloud? Cybercrime will follow
News The days of tracking down software counterfeiters in other countries who are selling pirated CDs are numbered as companies increasingly distribute software and store data online via hosted computing services, Matthew Parrella, an... [13 Jul 2009]
Labour politician joins calls to scrap ID cards
News Shadow home secretary Chris Grayling poured scorn on the idea that a voluntary card would be any use in combating crime and terrorism. What about the organised criminals? The government has defended... [07 Jul 2009]
Britain to get official cyber attack dogs
News The office will pool intelligence capabilities from MI5, MI6, the Ministry of Defence, the Metropolitan Police Central e-Crime Unit, and the Serious Organised Crime Agency. The Office of... [25 Jun 2009]
Soca socking it to the cyber criminals
News The Serious Organised Crime Agency (Soca) has revealed some of its crime fighting successes over the last year. Soca's annual report, published yesterday, details a year of fighting... [14 May 2009]
Inside the government's Facebook monitoring plans
News Speaking at the launch of a consultation entitled Protecting the Public in a Changing Communications Environment, Jacqui Smith said it is essential for such information to be easily accessible by public authorities, including the police,... [27 Apr 2009]
Cross-border policing to take down digital crims
News Since then, he said, Russian organised crime groups have become more adept, moving on to financial fraud through the use of internet worms and phishing attempts. We're not far behind," says Mularski, who... [23 Apr 2009]
CPS refusal pushes Nasa hacker step closer to extradition
News Alison Saunders, the head of the CPS organised crime division, said: "We identified nine occasions where Mr McKinnon has admitted to activity which would amount to an offence under Section 2 of the... [27 Feb 2009]
EU looks to tap up VoIP conversations
News Carmen Manfredda, Eurojust's acting national member for Italy, said in a statement: "The possibility of intercepting internet telephony will be an essential tool in the fight against international organised... [23 Feb 2009]
Police turn to IT industry to help fight cybercrime
News The e-crime unit is replacing the National Hi-Tech Crime Unit (NHTCU), which was folded into the Serious Organised Crime Agency in April 2006. The Metropolitan Police's... [11 Feb 2009]
"We must not allow ourselves to become a Big Brother society"
News The centre will be run by the UK Identity and Passport Service, with input from HMRC, MI5, MI6, the Serious Organised Crime Agency and the police. Both the Conservative and Liberal Democrat parties have... [10 Feb 2009]
Soca game for £500m tech revamp
News The Serious Organised Crime Agency (Soca) is preparing to embark on a £500m project to integrate its IT systems. The body currently uses a mix of systems it took on from the National... [10 Dec 2008]
UK consumers worth £14k each to cyber criminals
News The value of the average UK person's salary and credit card details to online fraudsters was revealed in the 2008 report by the secure computing initiative Get Safe Online (GSO), whose members include HSBC, Microsoft and the Serious... [17 Nov 2008]
