Supreme Cort [as in England and wales] now agrees with European Court that ACPO guidelines are unlawful. scottish system of retention likely to be adopted. Isnt it time we brought back some form of legal education for ACPO members?

Operation Enigma carries out arrests around the UK. Further details will be revealed eventually…It really is an enigma!

Allegedly a former member of the Wonderland Club, a paedophile network. How organised is organised crime?

The first comment sums it up, somehow. The Treasury is doing a good enough job of wrecking the UK economy all by itself. There is no need for cyber-attacks!

Ive had difficulties in uploading lately. A number of postings over the last three months dont seem to have made it to the blog, for which I apologise. I will try harder! There is a feeling that this conviction is a sort of PR sop to those who want to see some financiers punished for … WALL ST. TITAN RAJ RAJARATNAM CONVICTED WITH HELP FROM WIRETAPS, WHICH MAY GET MORE USE IN WHITE-COLLAR CASES

We’re all experts now..Misha Glenny has a new book out. Guess what it’s about!

Its the lack of judicial supervision of the whole process in the UK that worries me, not the existence of the software or the Met’s purchase of it

This is a big insider trading case. There is no doubt that it will be appealed. Nor is there doubt that there will be Manhattan prosecutions of others, and that there will be implications for the City of London. But, as it says in the article, there is still pressure to bring some prosecutions relating … HEDGE FUND BILLIONAIRE RAJ RAJARATNAM IS CONVICTED OF FRAUD

The Moscow Times refers to the arrest as part of a “turf War” between the Investigative Committee and the Procurator’s Office…Odd! Investigative Committee used to be part of Procurator’s Office until relatively recently.

So how do you rebuild civil society now? A civil society free of organised crime. Not an easy one to answer.