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News However, only arrivals from Sierra Leone were included in the trial, as these flights arrived in the UK at a quiet time for immigration staff. Undoubtedly, the fall-out from HM Revenue & Customs' loss of two discs containing 25 million child... [19 Dec 2007]
Biometrics wing their way into Gatwick
News At present only arrivals from Sierra Leone who have been issued with biometric visas in the capital Freetown will be included in the trial. A Home Office spokeswoman explained that Sierra Leone was chosen because the main flight into Gatwick from... [09 Oct 2007]
419 scams: The Iraqi war angle
News As such many of the scams now give the appearance of originating in South Africa, Sierra Leone, Zimbabwe and further afield - though past investigations typically unveil a web of criminals from various countries perpetrating the crime. [01 Apr 2003]
419 scams: How do you treat yours?
News Such a statistic confirms that these scams have now become a plague on most users' inboxes.silicon.com recently covered the phenomenon of the 419 scam, which first originated from within Nigeria and has now spread to Zimbabwe, the Ivory Coast... [27 Mar 2003]
Filtering software: The Mary Whitehouse of IT?
Comment Meanwhile so-called 419 scam emails, usually claiming to be from Nigeria, Sierra Leone or South Africa, but increasingly citing other countries further afield, seemingly know no bounds. At the end of last week some of the biggest vendors in tech... [17 Mar 2003]
Who's looking after the fortune of the dead president of Nigeria?
Comment Even while we were reading the feedback another arrived in the silicon virtual mail-bag - this time offering a share of the spoils from the fortune of a dead statesman from Sierra Leone. This week silicon.com published an email conversation with... [19 Feb 2003]
UK armed forces to deploy Nortel Networks' equipment
News Defence minister Baroness Symons said: "The JRRF was most recently deployed in Sierra Leone, but its communications equipment was designed for the Cold War in Europe and not designed to be rapidly moved by air. [28 Nov 2000]
Lack of Y2K preparation prompts US warning to air travellers
News Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Sierra Leone, and Vietnam are amongst the highlighted countries. The United States has expressed concern about the safety of air travel to and from more than 30 nations worldwide, after those countries failed to report... [30 Sep 1999]
