FINANCIAL TIMES EXPLAINS GALLEON INSIDER TRADING ALLEGATIONS

Not sure whether FT allows you to link to its articles. You may have to register and go to its interactive section yourself, but this is just too useful not to draw to your attention….honest…and there’s a list of other articles linked at the foot of the graphic. Haapy clicking!

“FURIOUS” MET CHIEF ABANDONS PLANS FOR ARMED PATROLS

Wow! Lets see if a Labour council can get away with calling the cops to account once the Tories are in power. But the principle matters and if Boris J establishes it for all council-police relations we will be creeping back towards democratic accountability in the UK

DUTCH DISEASE

Interesting tale of a Dutch bank and banker who had lots of fun, made lots of friends in the political class and then went bankrupt. Crimes of the powerful? How many more are there to go phut?

INQUIRY FAILS TO FIND SINGLE TRAFFICKER WHO FORCED ANYONE INTO PROSTITUTION

Analysis of the figures for those arrested during Operation Pentameter 2. Actually, there were 5 people jailed for coerced prostitution, but they had been arrested or inquiries had begun before Pentameter. More people are coerced into work than into prostitution. This was a huge operation, too. So have we been conned by NGOs with an INQUIRY FAILS TO FIND SINGLE TRAFFICKER WHO FORCED ANYONE INTO PROSTITUTION

HALIBURTON PLUMBS NEW DEPTHS

This has to be read! These companies are denying employees access to the courts as well as using the courts to prevent us finding out what they get up to. Trafigura’s disgraceful behaviour this week…or should that be Carter Ruck’s? is actually taken even lower by the behaviour of Haliburton as described here. Have lawyers HALIBURTON PLUMBS NEW DEPTHS

COMMONS PROTEST AS TRAFIGURA GAG LIFTED

Carter Ruck withdraw attempt to prevent newspapers printing a parliamentary question, probably to prevent their action being tested in court and thus being prevented from trying it on again. Ethics? Nah, we’re solicitors. We dont have ethics.