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FSA trains staff to spy on online fraudsters
News The Financial Services Authority (FSA) is to train its enforcement officials to surf the Internet to crackdown on fraud and unlicensed financial services on the Web. The FSA stressed that international... [20 Dec 1999]
Police backs calls for e-crime unit
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... [12 Mar 2008]
Microsoft launches 'terrorist-fuelling' piracy crackdown
News Microsoft has launched a new software piracy crackdown in the UK which will target computer shops, resellers and online auctions selling counterfeit copies of its products. Alexander said the crackdown... [16 Feb 2006]
Gov't pledges to take e-crime seriously
News McMurdie recently added her voice to those supporting silicon.com's e-Crime Crackdown campaign, which has been backed by a large swathe of UK law enforcement and Plc. The government has pledged to meet... [26 Mar 2008]
419 crackdown must get to the source, say UK police
News A proposed new crackdown on '419' email scams by the Nigerian government must give police powers to arrest the wealthy and well-connected criminals at the heart of the operation, according to the UK's National Criminal... [27 Nov 2003]
P2P networks are illegal porn haven, claims RIAA
News The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) has taken a new approach in its fight for a legislative crackdown against online piracy by warning that peer-to-peer networks are infested with child pornography. [10 Sep 2003]
Security 'perfect storm' is a-brewing
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... [09 Apr 2008]
Feds tighten the net on dope smokers
News Dope smokers who buy their drugs paraphernalia online are facing a crackdown from US authorities who have indicted 11 websites for selling articles such as bongs and pipes. Attorney General John Ashcroft told reporters... [25 Feb 2003]
Wi-fi CCTV in parking tickets drive
News The parking crackdown is the most significant application to be deployed on the Westminster's wi-fi network, which it has built over the past year with BT. Parking enforcement is the killer application... [11 Sep 2007]
eBay warns of Romanian phishing threat
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... [10 Mar 2008]
UK a hotbed for cyber crime
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... [08 Apr 2008]
Over 400 software pirates made to walk plank by BSA
News The Business Software Alliance (BSA) has just released the results of its continued crackdown on software piracy, and gave silicon.com's cameras access to its operations - a video item you'll be able to see next week. [18 Oct 2000]
China signs up to anti-spam pact
News China has finally signed up to a global crackdown on spam, adding the most important name to an international accord and leading legislators to hail the agreement as a vital milestone. However, at a ceremony attended by... [04 Jul 2005]
China's long road to copyright
Comment A coalition of copyright companies is working with the US Trade Representative to study the possibility of taking China before the WTO to compel a genuine crackdown. The enforcement organisations are a... [19 Sep 2005]
Cyber crime: The global battle
News The breadth of the international cyber crime-fighting arsenal highlights ways in which the UK's cyber defences could be bolstered, as called for by silicon.com's e-Crime Crackdown campaign. There are 92 cyber crime task... [05 Jun 2008]
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