It has long struck me that everything else in the UK on which duty is ridiculously high is already smuggled, so oil must be…but how? We know about agricultural red diesel fraud, but biodiesel theft is a new one on me. Somewhere there is an organisation smuggling petrol…or at least evading duty on it. So … COOKING OIL THEFT ‘COSTS TREASURY £25M A YEAR IN LOST DUTY’
Now hang on here…”Tor”…”Bitcoin”…we need to know about these. Anonimisation software disguising identity and place together with an accepted international currency. Cybercrime moving on, but partially facilitated by US attempts to undermine a variety of governments…unanticpated consequences indeed.
Rowan’s blog. Always worth a read, but fine use of criminological theory to explain banker behaviour in the UK in this particular post.
Link at foot of press release to full document.
Update on the Hermitage Capital fraud in Russia. Mysterious deaths and dark hints. Good stuff for a dismal Sunday!
IRA remnants, dissidents and traditional organised crime targetted in operation on both side sof border against agricultural diesel fraud. Same network dealing in Chinese tobacco and counterfeit vodka.
Story of slimming down of Sicilian Mafia welfare operation in Palermo area
Extract from new book by Evgeniy Morozov “Click here to save everything: technology, Solutionism and the urge to fix problems that dont exist.” Algorithmic surveillance.
Bit of a jumble of a story. Torygraph interested in the dissident Republican angle, but having difficulty shoehorning it into what appears to be primarily a Spanish-Italian operation. Ndrangheta allegedly involved, but journalist manages to mentioned Camorra too. The only clear piece of information is that Italian police want to find a Belfast based individual … BRITON HUNTED AS POLICE CRACK IRA AND MAFIA FRAUD SCHEME
Ndragheta and its links in a graphic. Always fun to get a map!
