oops…the wrong people have had assets confiscated. although not as many as the opening of the article suggests. Customs have spread the definition a little too widely. Only masterminds and smugglers can have assets confiscated, not associates. That’s a relief then!
Nothing new about it at all. Its just Ana capa analysis repackaged. the real problem is that using it against criminals requires evidence, too. in the hands of the security services, it replaces evidence. Once you’re placed in a network, because you once met someone, that’s evidence of guilt. This is a good article lower … “TERRORIST FACEBOOK! THE NEW WEAPON AGAINST AL QAEDA
One o the Independent’s “Big Question” pieces. good background to the trial in Lithuania blogged yesterday.
Michael Campbell, brother of Liam, held for allegedly trying to buy arms off people who turned out to be Lithuanian intelligence officers. Liam was recently held responsible, with others, for the 1998 Omagh bombing as the result of a civil action.
Albert Gonzalez and two unnamed Russian co-conspirators charged with hacking into retailers computer systems. BBC version omits the more lurid details included in some newspaper accounts.
lots of Russians around with lots of money. Little documentation for Russian art because of the Revolution and its aftermath…”Yippee!” shout the forgers!
Independent article seems to be saying 7 million people to be criminalised…so let’s all vote for the Pirate party! a fairly confused article, that manages to attack Mandelson, Labour marginals and puff the Pirates. Sounds like it must originate in Conservative central office. Cui bono, old chap, cui bono?
I wonder if the Independent has been taken over by a bunch of over-excited public school interns for the Summer Holidays? Breathless piece on this week’s jewel robbery, plus a paragraph on the alleged Russian arms dealer on trial in Thailand and the “hijacked” Russian cargo ship. what subeditor let all these stories be conflated?
Interesting piece on the investigation into suspected criminal activity at Kaupthing Glitnr and Landsbanki, the Icelandic banks that crashed in 2008. Well, they wouldnt ever appear in a British court, but an Icelandic one?…That might be more serious.
Issues raised by the shoot-out in Gaza this week. A reminder of the limitations on Hamas and the more extreme threats that exist.
