Allegedly the Vagos Motorcycle Gang has been trying to use home made booby traps to kill and maim police on the edge of Los Angeles…but no-one is sure why…

You couldn’t make it up! From the Irish Times, of course

The operation originates in Spain. Article not clear who is being arrested and in connection with what crimes. Ends up complaining about suspects being allowed bail.

Spanish version of story in previous post. Georgians allegedly involved as well as Russians. Structure predaes the fall of the USSR. The organisation was involved in robbery wih violence and was quite a low-level operation, but organised across Europe. It may yet emerge that there was more going on than this.

Nice article on Operation Java, discussing the nature of the “Russian mafia”, arguing that although tthe USSR may have disbanded, he crime gangs havent and maintain their old cross-border ties. the previous post referred to them as an obshak….Look it up!

Not what Eurojust needed. All allegations at the moment but the Portuguese general prosecutor has begun disciplinary proceedings against Jose da Mota, the head of Eurojust. Worth a read and a follow-up around the web I suspect. EU Observer being cautious about the story.

Bit of a weird headline for a piece looking at Marine Corps innovations in US counter-insurgency practice. Worth a read though.

Report from Internet Crime Centre, a joint operation between FBI and National White Collar Crime Centre. Links to both in the article.

Publication from the Institute of Public Policy Research. Covers bioterrorism threats and general threats from biotechnology changes in the near future and past.

Home Affairs Select Committee report suggests importance of DNA testing massively exaggerated