Times has a go at Bulgarians, Romanians and cheap air travel. I suppose the Murdoch press will be supporting UKIP in the next election? Wainwright interviewed and appears to be alleging that Easyjet facilitates Romanian and Bulgarian card skimmers flying in in the morning and off home in the evening. Hmmmm….wonder if he’s ever flown … GANGS FROM EASTERN EUROPE USE BUDGET AIRLINES TO COMMIT CRIMES ACROSS THE CONTINENT , SAYS EUROPOL CHIEF

Ross William Ulbricht arrested in San Francisco, Silk Road site closed down and many bitcoins seized.

Reuters news announcement. Internal people trafficking in China.

Fascinating story. Remember also that bin Laden was supposed to have obtained a monopoly on honey via east Africa and the Yemen. You have to ask…who are the US based honey producers and how far is this a use of the courts to protect their business?

Long article from Bloomberg about the Mexico-Chicago connection.

ECPR General Conference Bordeaux 5-7 September 2013 Standing Group on Organised Crime Section We are extremely happy to inform you that a Standing Group section entitled “Transnational Organised Crime in a Globalised World” has been accepted for the ECPR General conference, which will take place in Bordeaux from the 5th to the 7th of September … BORDEAUX

Displacement as usual. Been going on a while, according to my police sources. It’s almost like twinning and not necessarily just a response to police tactics in London. Low risk high profit activity.

Its nice to have figures, but it would be much more helpful if we could dig a little deeper into the data. How many of these people use anti-virus software for example? Which banks ar hit most often? etc. etc.

Let’s hope this works!

Sunday telegraph piece on an aspect of the terrorism/organised crime nexus. Usual cautions apply! Supergrasses tend to exaggerate their stories, but it would be an interesting link, if true.