Actually, this goes against the Torygraph’s normal rant. The President of the Police Association is arguing that violent crime is OVER-recorded. the article is a preview of his speech to the Association. Covers other issues such as elected chiefs.

Short piece from Irish Times. Money laundering through alternative energy schemes.

How many more of these to come? Private Eye has printed articles regularly about a boys shome in Northern Ireland. The Belgians were caught. Politicians covering up for fellow paedophiles in several countries. yet many commentators dont think of paedophilia as organised crime

and in the last paragraph…organised crime benefits.

If youve been following this blog for a while, you will remember that all was quiet until the US began building a fence [still unfinished] and changing patterns of behaviour. Policy against organised crime has to involve profiling the consequences of changing existing arrangements and has to budget for policies to deal with those consequences. … IN SPEECH, CALDERON ACKNOWLEDGES CENTRAL THREAT OF “DRUG CARTELS” TO MEXICO