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News John Denham, Home Office Minister for Crime Reduction and Policing said in a statement: "Home Office research shows that mobile phones are involved in 28 per cent of robbery. The package of measures we have developed together with the industry and... [01 Nov 2002]
Gov't pledges to take e-crime seriously
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. The centre would provide leadership and expertise to... [26 Mar 2008]
Gangs groom kids for cyber crime
News Cyber crime groups are using "KGB-style" recruitment tactics to snare whiz-kid computer students, a report from security technology company McAfee has revealed. Internet-savvy teens as young as 14 are attracted to cyber crime for its "celebrity... [08 Dec 2006]
Police and business team up to tackle tech crime
News Scotland Yard has joined forces with the Commonwealth Business Council in a new initiative to fight high-tech crime such as identity theft. The pair have created a new organisation, the New Scotland Yard Economic Crime Working Group, which will be... [20 Oct 2005]
Sun server crime wave an 'inside job', says Met
News But this sort of crime is dependent on help from the inside. The recent spate of server thefts can be blamed on company insiders, according to London's Metropolitan Police. Two Met detectives, who today gave an update to silicon.com on the Sun... [16 Nov 2001]
Olympic chiefs fight crime with high-tech tricks
News The police in Salt Lake City are helping the Winter Olympic officials to fight crime with facial recognition and finger print scanners. The system, called Ibis, can take pictures of potential troublemakers remotely and compare the picture with an... [14 Feb 2002]
We need UN body to combat cyber crime, says MP
News If a crime involves a complex international web of criminal activity, it can be difficult to gather sufficient evidence for a conviction, according to Howard Lamb, crime reduction co-ordinator for the National Hi-Tech Crime Unit (NHTCU). [24 Oct 2005]
Council of Europe set to blast cyber-crime off the web
News Child pornography and fraud are to be wiped from the internet as the Council of Europe gave the go ahead to the final version of a cyber-crime treaty today. The treaty also lays out ways for law enforcement agencies in different countries to... [13 Nov 2001]
Helmet-cams target violent crime
News Police have released video footage from helmet cameras that have increased arrests for violent crime by 85 per cent in one area. Violent crime has also fallen eight per cent and other violent crime (wounding) is down by 18 per cent within the areas... [02 Feb 2007]
MP calls for UK e-crime tsar
News An MP has called for the creation of a cyber-security tsar and a national agency to combat the growing threat of cyber crime. Mark Pritchard, Conservative MP for The Wrekin, used an adjournment debate last Wednesday to call for more action to... [29 Nov 2005]
Cyber-crime law draws closer to reality
News The Council of Europe has approved a draft cyber-crime treaty aimed at bringing together international policy on those committing illegal and terrorist activity online. The legislation must now be signed at a meeting of the Council's 43 member... [21 Sep 2000]
Are banks going soft on e-crime?
News The Lords science and technology committee has called for people to be able to report crime directly to the police, rather than having to rely on banks to pass it on to law enforcers.silicon.com's e-Crime Crackdown campaign is calling for a... [08 Jul 2008]
E-crime hitting British business for billions
News E-crime is dogging British business, according to a survey from the National Hi-Tech Crime Unit (NHTCU). The figures released by NOP on behalf of the NHTCU show the cost to British business of e-crime is now running into billions of pounds as a... [24 Feb 2004]
Cybercops and industry join forces to fight crime
News Pressure is growing on the UK's IT industry to make the web a safer place for ecommerce as the National Hi-Tech Crime Unit moves closer to the private sector in the ongoing fight against cybercrime. The inaugural meeting of the National Hi-Tech... [28 Nov 2001]
In brief: BT helps to cut crime on SouthWest Trains
News Video cameras on all of SouthWest Train's stations will be linked by BT's ISDN2 lines to three control centres, in a bid to cut down on platforms crime. BT is to supply closed circuit television services to SouthWest Trains in a deal worth £1.3m. [10 Jul 1998]
