The Sun will have a better headline than this tomorrow. Another factor to be taken into account in studies of Neolithic trade routes.

Hmmm. So Osama bin Laden has unintentionally assisted white collar crime in the US by conning the FBI into transferring a third of its agents to terrorism and intelligence duites. Yeah, sure. As you get to the end of the article it becomes clear that senior figures in the Bush Administration thought the FBI investigations … FBI STRUGGLES TO HANDLE WAVE OF FINANCIAL FRAUD CASES

The website was used by criminals to buy and sell credit card details and bank logins. 60 people arrested so far. According to FiveLive, the website included tutorials on how to commit fraud.

Bet he wont be designated and have his assets seized! All allegations of course, but then so were yesterday’s against the Chavez aides. Demonstrates another dimension to that designation….Timing! “A plague on both your houses” is the only way to run a counter=insurgency campaign long-term…and a counter organised crime strategy. Try to use people one … WITNESS TIES COLOMBIAN GENERAL TO PARAMILITARIES

Allegedly linked to the UVF. Story still developing.

Lets see now…a country that has failed to guarantee the political independence of its anti fraud investigative agency, has failed to implement the OECD Convention against corruption….any other country but the UK would find itself blacklisted by a majority of international organisations. Why havent we done it?

Times headline a little lurid. Child porn images being used to transmit messages, police have discovered. Some in jihadist groups, some in right wing groups, some in groups unnamed. The comments below the story are also interesting.

New York Times piece blaming the EU for organised crime in Bulgaria. Not wholly fair. The organisations sprang as much out of “shock therapy” and then saw possibilities in grabbing EU aid programmes. Once you get past the outdated neo-liberal ideology of the authors, however, there is a lot of information in the piece and … MOB MUSCLES ITS WAY INTO POLITICS IN BULGARIA

This update to yesterday’s story fills in a lot more of the details, more, I must admit, than I expected. ACC Debbbie Simpson is quoted as saying the police do not think anyone else helped him to assemble the bombs. He was groomed by extremists he met in Plymouth. He was in contact with two … MAN ADMITS RESTAURANT BOMB ATTACK

Well, I didnt expect to be the sole “expert” interviewed! Hope the local police are still talking to me!