Paper by Luisa Marin in the Journal of Contemporary European Research http://www.jcer.net/index.php/jcer/article/view/379?goback=.gde_3844619_member_180002782

telegraph article about a £50 device made in China that can block luxury cars electonic locking system, enabling thieves to open doors and start the ignition.

In a few days the trial (preliminary hearings) concerning the alleged State-Mafia negotiations will start. The Italian Government will join the trial as civil claimant. http://www.antimafiaduemila.com/2012102639482/primo-piano/trattativa-stato-mafia-il-governo-parte-civile.html

Third in a series originally published in the Washington Post describing a US drone base in Djibouti http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/remote-us-base-at-core-of-secret-operations-8227588.html

Part 2 of the three article series on contemporary US counter-terrorism. The role of John Brennan in devising strategy and running the system of targeted assassinations. Could this policy be transferred to “organised crime”? Will it be? These are not themes in the article, but once youve declared organised crime to be a national security … CIA VETERAN BRENNAN TRANSFORMS COUNTERTERRORISM APPROACH

First article in a series of three on counter terrorism policy reprinted from the Washington Post by the Independent. Drone victims will hit 3,000 in the near future.Reads a bit like the Wild West mentality is still alive and well at the highest echelons of US government. What will they do with all this stuff … PLAN FOR HUNTING TERRORISTS SIGNALS US INTENDS TO KEEP ADDING NAMES TO KILL LISTS

Something not right here…Why should laptop thefts stop legislation? The connection is not obvious. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/mysterious-thefts-scupper-eu-tobacco-crackdown-8227362.html

Article from the Independent discussing why there are so few convictions for trafficking in the UK. Suggests that there is a prioritisation of cutting immigration, so victims tend to be treated as a target for deportation rather than the victim of a crime. In the case of children, the word of an adult is always … ANTI-SLAVERY DAY: ONE VICTIM OF CHILD SEX TRAFFICKING IS ONE TOO MANY

New Government report: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-19984615

Unfortunately I cant find a direct link to the digest. Anyone spotted it? http://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/frontpage/2012/October/unodcs-new-crime-fighting-tool-turns-lessons-of-the-past-into-policies-for-the-future.html