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20 July 10 - Four sentenced for string of high performance car thefts

Dozens of cars including BMWs, Mercedes, Audis and Jaguars were spirited away

 

20 July 10 - Visa system abused by gang members

"The points-based system turned the immigration system on its head"

 

19 July 10 - Gang used corrupt baggage handlers to import drug haul

The drugs were imported from Brazil on the 27 September 2009

 

19 July 10 - Interpol call on 500 million people to be on the look out for 450 criminals

It involves 29 countries and is targeting 450 people

 

19 July 10 - UK 'floundering' in online mephedrone crackdown

Chairman Professor Les Iverson said it was difficult for these to be policed

 

19 July 10 - Cyber crime moves from sex to football

“What we’re seeing are variations of the age-old social engineering scams”

 

19 July 10 - Uniform forensic standards

Funding would come from assets seized from convicted criminals

 

19 July 10 - Guilty of Limerick murder

The DNA contained profiles from Mr Vysochan and the 15-year-old boy

 

16 July 10 - Clamping down on ‘hidden’ hate crimes against the disabled

"If a crime is not reported a situation can escalate"

 

16 July 10 - CPS prosecutor jailed for bribe

"You did not just offend the core principles of your profession, but you committed crimes which are universally recognised as serious"<

 

16 July 10 - Jailed Bristol drug baron thought himself 'untouchable'

He was a major supplier of heroin to drug dealers in Bristol and the south west of England

 

15 July 2010 - Gang convicted of £4.5m drug haul

The four men, who were part of a drugs gang which hired baggage workers at Heathrow Airport

 

15 July 10 - Scrap 'no-brainer' guidance for police

“I’m calling on the Mayor to have the no-brainer guidelines struck out.”

 

15 July 10 - Rapid review of counter-terrorism powers

National security is the first duty of government

 

15 July 10 - Wales prosecutor jailed for bribe

An "integrity test" was devised to see whether he and the associate were prepared to act corruptly

 

15 July 10 - Human Trafficker Extradited

Vietnamese nationals would travel via Moscow into Hungary

 

14 July 10 - Forensic Web service could reconstruct the scene of the cyber-crime

Challenges in securing Web services include ensuring the confidentiality and integrity of data

 

14 July 10 - Twelve sentenced for holiday scam

Many of the defendants were arrested at Gatwick airport after they boarded a flight to Jamaica

 

14 July 10 - Historic Australian murderer may be dead in Texas

Texas police now think they have found his body

 

14 July 10 - Plans could shut two Scottish forensic labs

All of the options it has set out would result in job cuts

 

14 July 10 - DNA Matching Technique Is A Powerful Tool For Police

The Grim Sleeper investigation was its first use

 

13 July 10 - Police response to organised crime attacked

He warned cuts and elected police chiefs could further erode the capability to target these groups

 

13 July 10 - Police stop massive cocaine shipment

It's the fifth-largest seizure of cocaine in Australian history

 

12 July 10 - Would-be bombers jailed for life

"These three men claimed they recorded their martyrdom videos as part of a documentary"

 

12 July 10 - Control use of CCTV and DNA

The time for proper regulation of CCTV has arrived

 

12 July 10 - Cleveland Police chiefs sign deal with Steria

Safeguard our people's jobs while delivering improved services

 

10 July 10 - Child DNA retention

The bill provides for the retention of data from certain child offenders

 

29 June 10 - Cross-border burglars jailed

"This group has shown no regard for the law or their victims"

 

29 June 10 - Armagh 'fuel smugglers' surrender assets

They are alleged to have derived the majority of their assets through fuel smuggling, tax evasion and money laundering

 

29 June 10 - Warning that laws on money laundering don’t wash

He believes that to make the legislation work ­“attitudes need to be changed”

 

27 June 10 - Gang Caught for Chip-and-Pin Scheme

 

The gang secretly fitted devices in chip-and-pin readers

 

25 June 10 - ETA suspect arrested in Belfast

Fermin Vila Michelena was arrested in Belfast on Thursday

 

24 June 10 - Support for Cumbria Police to help massacre inquiry

The investigation was "complex" and involved more than 30 crime scenes

 

24 June 10 - Scotland tops global cocaine use poll

Heroin use in Scotland was also found to be among the highest in Europe

 

22 June 10 - Cocaine and cash laundering gang convicted

This group of men went to great lengths to disguise their criminal activity

 

22 June 10 - Serial Sex Attacker Jailed

Omer targeted his victims and followed them before striking

 

22 June 10 - Bulger killer Jon Venables faces child porn charges

Jon Venables was given a new identity on his release from prison

 

22 June 10 - Campaign to Protect Vulnerable Adults

The campaign was prompted after an ongoing study highlighted a lack of official reporting of the matter to police and social services

 

21 June 10 - Counter Terrorism and the 2012 Olympics Conference - 12 October 2010

The Investigator is hosting the Counter Terrorism and the 2012 Olympics Conference

 

21 June 10 - Police chiefs head to Downing Street to meet Cameron

David Cameron has invited all 43 Chief Constables to Downing Street

 

20 June 10 - Government, Big Corps Team Up to Squash Cyber Crime

Phishing and malicious attacks pose a serious threat to consumer identity and account credentials

 

20 June 10 - Gang guilty of £30m cannabis-smuggling operation

Bristol Crown Court was told David Barnes was the gang's ringleader

 

18 June 10 - Royal Navy wren jailed for smuggling cocaine on warship

The drugs were collected when HMS Manchester docked in Colombia

 

18 June 10 - Sentence increase for man who 'directed' webcam abuse

Michael Charnley paid money online to take part in the abuse

 

18 June 10 - British Crime Survey shows 1 in 4 children 'victim of crime'

"We need a commonsense approach that recognises young people's experiences"

 

18 June 10 - Microsoft leads reactive effort to fight Internet fraud

The system has obvious benefits for organizations of all types

 

17 June 10 - A planned £1 million boost from the Home Office for the Met's Police Central e-crime Unit has been cut

"Without this additional funding the growth of our capability will be restricted"

 

16 June 10 - Dog-Fighting DNA Database in Crackdown on Animal Cruelty

"Dog fighting is a multi-million dollar criminal enterprise that leads to the cruel treatment and deaths of thousands of dogs every year"

 

15 June 10 - Doctors to flag up mentally ill patients who own guns

But the BMA stresses it is not the job of doctors to police their patients

 

14 June 10 - Man sentenced for trafficking and rape

Her sexual services were offered to paying clients at £40 a time

 

 

 

 

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