Debate-style article from The Independent following on from the news that most agencies involved in anti-drug work in the UK see it as unlikely that they will eradicate drug markets in the near future. Article throws in a programme on the Wire about the effect of moving drug markets in Baltimore.
Hmmm…if I read this correctly, the authorities in Calabria have ordered the seizure of the cafe de paris, as they claim that the ‘ndrangheta have invested loads of money in the historic centre of Rome in general. we shall see! the Italian prosecutors tend to be as excitable as Italian drivers and all disappears in … THE ‘NDRANGHETA AND THE CAFE DE PARIS IN ROME
Hmmm…if I read this correctly, the authorities in Calabria have ordered the seizure of the cafe de paris, as they claim that the ‘ndrangheta have invested loads of money in the historic centre of Rome in general. we shall see! the Italian prosecutors tend to be as excitable as Italian drivers and all disappears in … THE ‘NDRANGHETA AND THE CAFE DE PARIS IN ROME
Slovakian brides, Nigerian grooms, Bradford and Manchester…all swooped on by Yorkshires new immigration Crime team made up from the Border Agency and seconded Yorkshire Police officers. I can just hear fat Andy Dalziel’s comments…Well, its organised…and its crime, but not quite as we know it, Jim!
KPMG regular Fraud barometer report. Investors worst hit, then government, then financial institutions. Worth getting hold of the full report, if white collar crime is your bag…[is the previous post a case of white gown crime? Just a thought?]
DCI Neville of the Met says too much spent on kit, not enough on people and processes. Some of the problem hinted at lower down…it’s local authorities who run CCTV and they are putting them where residents are pressing for them, not where research suggests they might be useful. But who cares, some company has … POLICE “NOT USING CCTV PROPERLY”
But the investors refuse to believe them…
The case has just finished and a member of SO 14 the Royal Protection Unit, has been found guilty of involving fellow officers in a fraudulent investment scheme. the tabloids have had a field day, apparently.
A rare peek into the odd things going on in UK cities. Russian guns in Sheffield, probably brought from Manchester.
Times article. Ex-cop has gathered all the data available for sale on the internet into a single database and proposes charging people to look and see if their details are on it…Presumably this is a trailer for a follow-up article?
