Cute little interactive Venn diagram on the links between the al Qaeda operatives in britain have emerged from the court cases that have already happened. Not sure whether all these cases have finished, so some of this material needs to be treated as “alleged” al Qaeda operatives….How many are actually “self-professed”? Cave journalism…but I wish … HOW THE TERROR CELLS LINK UP
Review of Louis Ferrante’s book on his life in the Mafia. “I was 17 years old. I liked girls. I liked to drive fast cars. I liked hamburgers and French fries. “And I’d just realised that I liked to hijack trucks”.
Roberto Saviano, his book on the Camorra and his consequent death sentence fom the gang.
Excellent Washington Post piece on how al Qaeda bypasses “the global financial dragnet”.
Jason Burke has written a background piece for the Guardian, spelling out just how complex the picture is in Afghanistan, including “criminal gangs” as well as insurgents. A thoughtful piece of writing.
Bloke defrauded the NHS by inventing people he had cured of smoking! £45 per “success”! Involved the Kensington and Chelsea Primary Care Trust. Ah entrepeneurship!
They’re not mad, they’re not bad, they’re not particularly religious and they arent demographically identifiable either. There is no profile. The red tops, surprise surprise, are wrong. Guardian article, summarising report. keep an eye open for the full text.
Giuseppe Coluccio, suspected ‘Ndragheta drug trafficker now back in Italian jail. Few other details in this piece.
What on earth is a graft czar? Ah. The head of anti-corruption who fled the country after exposing the Anglo-Leasing scandal which involved several ministers [allegedly]. We will hear more from John Githongo now he has returned to Kenya under a new government.
Report from the American Centre for Progress [ http://www.americanprogress.org/] working with the Centre for Democracy and Technology [http://www.cdt.org/]. Few people being prosecuted for online fraud. Paedophilia a bigger priority.
