09 Jan 12 - Update on the Christopher Alder case from South Yorkshire Police

The examination was undertaken in agreement with Christopher Alder's family

05 Jan 12 - Was Anuj Bidve killing part of 'gang initiation' process?

Underworld gangs have always existed in pockets of England

03 Jan 12 - LGC’s forensics team provided key evidence in Stephen Lawrence case

The team was able to establish that a DNA profile from blood subsequently found on one of the killer's jackets

03 Jan 12 - Statement on convictions of David Norris and Gary Dobson for the murder of Stephen Lawrence

"This is one of the most significant cases of this generation"

03 Jan 12 - New Year honours list: QPM

Former and serving police officers who were awarded the Queen's Police Medal

03 Jan 12 - Japan developing ethical virus in war against cyber crime

This brings new meaning to the phrase – the best defence is a good offence

03 Jan 12 - Experts Predict Smartphone Hacking Will Soar in 2012

"The issue with free apps is that you're paying a price you don't know about"

28 Dec 11 - Elderly priests in pyjamas sit on burglar until police arrive

The three priests then sat on the burglar until police arrived

22 Dec 11 - Life for the would-be Manchester gangster

He disputed the prosecution’s theory that the shooting was a bungled revenge attack

22 Dec 11 - DNA to catch up with cold-case rapists

Police are confident they will be able to track down and charge offenders who terrorised women

21 Dec 11 - £250 million fraudsters jailed

"The scale of this operation was unprecedented"

20 Dec 11 - Mullany murders: Detective tells of 'cold killers'

The killers also murdered a shopkeeper and received three life sentences

15 Dec 11 - Cellebrite Mobile Synchronization to sponsor The Investigator’s Mobile Phone Forensics Conference

The Investigator is hosting the latest in its series of successful conferences looking at advances and best practice in mobile phone forensics.

15 Dec 11 - Should fingerprint evidence should be treated as opinion-based?

In a report that is likely to have wide repercussions for the criminal justice system

14 Dec 11 - Police can now use DNA evidence to get your eye color

IrisPlex works by searching for single-letter differences in your genetic code called single nucleotide polymorphisms

12 Dec 11 - Dundee teenagers locked up for Facebook riot threats

Passing sentence, Sheriff Munro said: "I have thought long and hard about this case"

12 Dec 11 - Bookseller Ahmed Faraz found guilty of terror offences

Faraz, 32, had claimed the material was for academic research

12 Dec 11 - HOLISTIC-COGNITIVE INTERVIEWING

In collaboration with the UK national networking group on facial id (formerly ACPO), we have enhanced CI

12 Dec 11 - Honey-trap sting slated as prostitute is attacked

Recently, directions have been coming from Garda HQ for raids on brothels

09 Dec 11 - Lord Chief Justice warns juries over internet research

Over the past year senior judges have dealt with four cases of jury misbehaviour

09 Dec 11 - The Most Notorious Cyber Crooks of 2011. How They Got Caught

Here are some of the highest profile cases to hit the headlines this year

09 Dec 11 - Men using brothels are guilty of rape – PSNI

“It would follow that if the girl has not given consent, it is rape.”

09 Dec 11 - Backpacks, not the bombs inside, key to finding DNA

Currently, law enforcement labs tend to test for DNA on the exploded bomb fragments

08 Dec 11 - Strategy to drive out transgender prejudice

It provides a framework for communities to work with the government

08 Dec 11 - Windows 7 Forensics Update

Although this violates the "golden rule" of digital forensics, in some circumstances there is no alternative

08 Dec 11 - New NIST biometric data standard adds DNA, footmarks and enhanced fingerprint descriptions

The new standard is the Data Format for the Interchange of Fingerprint

08 Dec 11 - DNA from cigarette butt led to arrest in 31-year-old murder case

Another DNA sample was collected from Mercier after a search warrant

07 Dec 11 - Lord Chief Justice urges free vote on murder reform

"It seems to me, perhaps the real problem is with the law of murder itself"

07 Dec 11 - Supreme Court again considers defendants’ right to confront their accusers

"We don't know how good the individuals who did the test were"

06 Dec 11 - NPIA looks to save police forces millions with new DNA technology

The NPIA hopes that the technology will save up to £3m a year

28 Nov 11 - Police to have powers to shut-down UK websites immediately

The news follows the suspension this week of over 2,000 “.uk” websites

25 Nov 11 - Police use radio encryption to stop iPhone eavesdropping

Smartphone apps take the legwork out of eavesdropping by streaming the content for a wide range of emergency services

25 Nov 11 - Confusion About Smartphone Data Handling

There is plenty of confusion among those who work in law enforcement in terms of what smartphone and tablet data

25 Nov 11 - DNA used in Deer Poaching Cases

"I can recall several cases where we used the DNA in blood evidence to match a gut pile"

25 Nov 11 - UK cyber security strategy due to be unveiled

There will also be a big focus on helping the public protect themselves

24 Nov 11 - Immigration law change call after axe killer convicted over moped death

Pless has a previous conviction for killing a drinking companion in Latvia

24 Nov 11 - Plan to tackle child sexual exploitation

"This country has to wake up to the fact that children are being sexually abused"

24 Nov 11 - New weapon to aid Scottish police's gun crime fight

Police said this would provide them with vital intelligence and help get more guns off the streets

23 Nov 11 - Forensic researchers maximise the potential of a rich vein of web evidence

Locally-stored "cookie" files can be a significant source of internet activity evidence

23 Nov 11 - Three convicted over £3.5bn drug-cutting scam

The value of their scam was put at more than £3.5bn

23 Nov 11 - Plan to tackle child sexual exploitation

They say robust strategies are needed to ensure children are not sexually exploited

23 Nov 11 - Police 'not ready for new counter-terror powers'

The bill would create Terrorism Prevention and Investigation Measures (TPims)

22 Nov 11 - British Transport Police New Command and Control Unit

"We are extremely proud of our new mobile CCU"

22 Nov 11 - Child killer Black to appeal conviction

Jennifer's murder was the fourth for which Black has been convicted.

22 Nov 11 - SUCCESSFUL PROSECUTIONS FOR VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND GIRLS UP BY 6,500 CASES IN 2010-11

The Crown Prosecution Service is successfully prosecuting more cases than ever

21 Nov 11 - Global paedophile gang to pay back nearly £200k

The investigation was led by Lincolnshire Police and known as Operation Alpine

21 Nov 11 - Fighting Crime With Digital DNA

"We're in a new era of technology"

18 Nov 11 - Massereene trial: DNA analysis system 'not used in UK'

This would be the first time this type of evidence was admissible in a court in the UK

18 November 11 - Carloway review says end corroboration in crime cases

"Lord Carloway has made a strong and compelling case for change"

17 Nov 11 - Police foiled DoS plot on royal wedding website

Denial of service attacks were made illegal in 2006