ATTITUDES TOWARDS SECURITY THREATS UNCOVERED
Research published on how UK public feels about security threats. Apparently theyre not convinced by the threat of international terrorism and the measures being taken by police and government against it.
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CAMORRA BANNED FROM CHURCH
Cardinal Sepe, the Archbishop of Naples, have denied Camorra members the right to be also member of the Church. Cardinal Sepe declared that he had ordered his clergy to ban Camorra members – unless repetent – from the Church, “even if dead”.
MANAGER WANTED FOR EX-MAFIA ASSETS
In Italy a group of business schools and associations launched a postgraduate course to teach how to become good managers of assets that the government has seized from the Mafia.
FAR EAST FAKES: THE BURGEONING UNDERWORLD OF COUNTERFEIT GOODS
Independent has a piece on counterfeit designer goods. Nothing really new in it, but brings various strands together in a single article.
POLICE SPY MARK KENNEDY ACCUSED OF FALSE CLAIMS IN FRENCH CASE
Mark Kennedy accused of inventing claims about Tarnac group. This case has been going on for four years now. “The coming insurrection” was the text and all sorts of connections were made..but was it all a convenient fantasy for the French Ministry of the Interior…and others. The illegitimate English “national domestic extremism unit” invented by … POLICE SPY MARK KENNEDY ACCUSED OF FALSE CLAIMS IN FRENCH CASE
WOMEN AND THE CAMORRA
Police arrested 48 person (among them, many women) during an anti-Camorra operation this morning. Investigators underlined the increasing importance of women in many Camorrean clans, where they took over the leading positions of their inmate husbands.
NAPLES: A CITY WHERE LIFE IS CHEAP
160 innocent bystanders killed by Camorra in Naples since 1980. Article in the Indpendent gives some insight into criminal careers, structures and rivalries in Northern naples.
POLICING THE EU’S EXTERNAL BORDERS: A CHALLENGE FOR THE RULE OF LAW AND FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS IN THE AREA OF FREEDOM, SECURITY AND JUSTICE? AN ANALYSIS OF FRONTEX JOINT OPERATIONS AT THE SOUTHERN MARITIME BORDER
Paper by Luisa Marin in the Journal of Contemporary European Research http://www.jcer.net/index.php/jcer/article/view/379?goback=.gde_3844619_member_180002782
LOCK JAMMERS STEAL CARS IN A CLICK
telegraph article about a £50 device made in China that can block luxury cars electonic locking system, enabling thieves to open doors and start the ignition.
STATE-MAFIA NEGOTIATIONS ON TRIAL
In a few days the trial (preliminary hearings) concerning the alleged State-Mafia negotiations will start. The Italian Government will join the trial as civil claimant. http://www.antimafiaduemila.com/2012102639482/primo-piano/trattativa-stato-mafia-il-governo-parte-civile.html
