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RSS criminalsLiverpool police hunt cyber-criminals
News Merseyside Police are receiving training from a Californian cyber-investigative firm which will help them use computers to catch criminals. The force will use Guidance Software's technology to set up a school for budding... [20 Feb 2002]
Lost Revenue CDs 'worth £1.5bn to criminals'
News The two lost HM Revenue & Customs CDs containing the personal and financial details of 25 million people could be worth £1.5bn to criminals. Liberal Democrat acting leader Vince Cable, speaking in the House of Commons,... [29 Nov 2007]
Japanese criminals versus the i-Mode vigilantes
News The proposals include a website that can be contacted by i-Mode enabled mobile phones which will carry information on wanted criminals and also allow members of the public to use their mobile phones to report sightings. [08 Nov 2000]
'Snooping Bill' will not deter criminals, say experts
News However, Dr Graham Wheeler, director of R&D at Cequrux, believes criminals - the intended subjects of the new powers - will easily find ways round the Bill. Criminals that are wise enough to use... [04 May 2000]
Cyber criminals threatened with 10 years in prison
News Cyber criminals in the UK face the prospect of tougher sentences and modernised laws to ensure a greater number of convictions for computer-related crimes. A Police and Justice Bill has been introduced today by the Home... [25 Jan 2006]
Taking care of business: Global plc versus the e-criminals
Comment It would look towards effective policing within countries coupled with the support of the state to implement deterrents stringent enough to make would-be cyber criminals think twice. Cyber crime is a growing problem for... [16 May 2000]
Police road camera network targets criminals
News English and Welsh police forces are developing a national network of thousands of cameras that will scan number plates and check them against police databases, a move they say will keep criminals off the road. [23 Mar 2005]
2,700 people wrongly tagged as criminals
News The government has admitted that 2,700 people have been wrongly labelled criminals following errors at the Criminal Records Bureau (CRB). He said in a statement: "While dangerous criminals are allowed to... [22 May 2006]
Criminals posing as police burgle Verizon data centre
News Criminals posing as policemen conned their way into a data centre near London's King's Cross station, tying up staff and stealing computing equipment, the Metropolitan Police said. The theft was undertaken at 21:17(GMT)... [10 Dec 2007]
UK criminals face biometric tests
News Paroled prisoners are to be ID'd over the telephone as part of a new technology deal under the Home Office's programme for 'tagging' young offenders. The scheme also includes the use of technology that verifies the phone number prisoners... [16 Jul 2001]
Carnivore, the FBI's E-mail Surveillance System: Devouring Criminals, Not Privacy
White Paper Carelessness about our security is dangerous; carelessness about our freedom is also dangerous. The obvious message of this statement is to be ever-mindful of the fine line between a comfortable co-existence with the government and a... [01 Sep 2005]
Mannesmann 'fat cat' six are not criminals
News The chief judge in the Mannesmann trial has made a preliminary ruling that the six executives accused of awarding themselves €60m of bonuses broke no criminal law. The ruling will come as a relief to former company chief Klaus Esser and... [01 Apr 2004]
UK's "FBI" takes on cyber-criminals
News Drug trafficking, organised immigration crime, money laundering and identity fraud will be the main targets of the new Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA), dubbed the UK's FBI. SOCA has been formed by combining the National Crime... [03 Apr 2006]
Cyber-criminals face high-tech 'home guard'
News A new initiative has been launched to put the high-tech expertise of the UK IT industry at the disposal of the police investigating cyber-crime. At an industry meeting of the year-old National Hi-Tech Crime Unit (NHTCU) a new scheme was... [01 Mar 2002]
Russian criminals go "phishing" in UK bank scams
News A criminal element from Russia may be responsible for the recent spate of spoof emails that have attempted to con online-banking customers into revealing their account details. Over the past month, Internet banking customers of Barclays,... [27 Oct 2003]
