Police maintain uneasy truce with cybervigilantes / ZDNet UK , 17 Jan 2007
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/security/0,1000000189,39285512,00.htm
Tom Espiner
"The Metropolitan Police have turned to some unlikely allies in the fight against internet crime — cyberactivists who are taking action against online fraudsters. The police are working with certain cybervigilante groups, using them as a source of information in the fight against fraud, according to sources within the Metropolitan Police Fraud Alert Unit. The police have traditionally sought to discourage any form of vigilantism, as there is no guarantee that self-appointed guardians will have information good enough to target those responsible for crimes, or the necessary skills. However, due to funding and resourcing pressures the police are having to tap alternative information and revenue streams to combat cybercrime."