Actually, this goes against the Torygraph’s normal rant. The President of the Police Association is arguing that violent crime is OVER-recorded. the article is a preview of his speech to the Association. Covers other issues such as elected chiefs.

Short piece from Irish Times. Money laundering through alternative energy schemes.

How many more of these to come? Private Eye has printed articles regularly about a boys shome in Northern Ireland. The Belgians were caught. Politicians covering up for fellow paedophiles in several countries. yet many commentators dont think of paedophilia as organised crime

and in the last paragraph…organised crime benefits.

If youve been following this blog for a while, you will remember that all was quiet until the US began building a fence [still unfinished] and changing patterns of behaviour. Policy against organised crime has to involve profiling the consequences of changing existing arrangements and has to budget for policies to deal with those consequences. … IN SPEECH, CALDERON ACKNOWLEDGES CENTRAL THREAT OF “DRUG CARTELS” TO MEXICO

“We have delegated to drug lords the job of managing our immigrant supply, just as they manage our supply of narcotics. The results are clear.” We arent quite so bad in Europe, but we need to learn from the mistakes being made on the US-Mexico border. We’ve only delegated our immigrant supply policy to organised … MASSACRE AT TAMAULIPAS

This is a regular story that reflects some truth in that radicalisation is probably being attempted within UK prisons. Note that the Ministry of Justice does not agree and has a special unit in place to counter the process. Bit alarmist for RUSI?

Very brief story with the bare facts. Lorry stopped near Drogheda, possibly on the way to Northern Ireland. Cigarettes allegedly from UAE. Garda estimates gangs making 3 million euros a week from cigarette sales. It has long been anecdotal that more money is made from smuggling cigarettes in European countries than smuggling drugs. Time for … THREE MILLION CIGARETTES SEIZED

The issue: does rooting out corruption destabilise the Karzai Government? Whoever is arguing this in the Obama Administration needs to be forced to watch a presentation on the degree to which CORRUPTION destabilises that same government. Both processes hurt the government, but not getting to grips with corruption loses popular support daily. Afghans still see … KEY KARZAI AIDE IN CORRUPTION INQUIRY IS LINKED TO THE CIA

Second of the Guardian’s articles on al Qaida in the Yemen. More local colour than anything.