400 foreign criminals allowed to stay in Britain
Up to 400 criminals involved in a foreign prisoner scandal, including some of the worst offenders, have been told they can stay in Britain, the Home Office has disclosed. / The Daily Telegraph, 20 November 2008
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/3490635/400-foreign-criminals-allowed-to-stay-in-Britain.html
Less than a third of the 1,013 convicts have been deported two and half years after the scandal broke and subsequently cost Charles Clarke his job as Home Secretary.
And many more could end up staying because 90 are still missing, 31 are in jail again and 160 are still going through the process. The figures emerged as immigration minister Phil Woolas admitted too many migrant workers have been let in under previous Government policies. He also launched another attack on asylum lawyers as he revealed the case of a Nigerian who had his claim rejected four times and was removed, only to have to be brought back because his solicitor lodged a judicial review."

Australian investigation into sale of ID theft-kits / Public Technology, 10 October 2008
http://www.publictechnology.net/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=17472
"Finjan, a provider of secure web gateway solutions for the enterprise market, has confirmed the findings of an Australian investigation into the sale of stolen credit and debit card information on the Internet. "It seems that Sydney Morning Herald reporters have uncovered the fact that almost anyone on Internet can buy stolen payment card details for as little as US$1.50 a time for Aussie details, and US$2.50 a time for US and English cardholder information," said Yuval Ben-Itzhak, chief technology officer with Finjan."

Organisations unaware of criminals stealing data right under their noses / 3 October 2008
http://www.publictechnology.net/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=17432


"In a podcast interview released yesterday on www.infosecurityadvisor.com, Peter Wood Member of the ISACA Conference Committee and founder of First Base Technologies reveals the ease with which criminals are able to steal data and gives 3 critical steps organisations can take to block them. Wood reveals how he and a colleague walked unchallenged into an insurance company and were able to steal all their data as part of a security exercise. And he is not the only one to get away with stealing data; very often companies unwittingly hire people whose sole purpose is to steal data."

'I picked her up by her throat' / BBC, 31 October 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7700257.stm
"The Home Office says it is making "significant progress" in a drive to tackle domestic violence, but concedes that more needs to be done - including in managing perpetrators. One man convicted of assaulting his girlfriend describes being the person who metes out the violence."

Reporting of Hate Crime increased by 50% in Wyre area. / 24dash.com, 29 October 2008
http://digbig.com/4xthx
"Victims of hate crime have been encouraged to report incidents through a unique, specialised project set up just over twelve months ago to cover the Wyre area. And the results of Hate Crime reporting in the area has increased by 58% since the Wyre Community Safety Partnership Hate Crime Project funded jointly by Wyre Borough Council and Wyre Housing Association, part of the Regenda Group, was launched in July 2007."

Cybercriminals inject malware into PDF & Flash files using latest Web 2.0 tech / Public Technology, 24 Sep 2008
http://www.publictechnology.net/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=17370
"Finjan, a supplier of secure web gateway products, has announced that its Malicious Code Research Center (MCRC) discovered examples of obfuscated code embedded not only in HTML-webpages on legitimate websites, but also in rich-content files. “Since JavaScript is the most-used scripting language for communication with web browsers, third-party applications such as Flash player, PDF readers and other multimedia applications have added support for JavaScript as part of their application,” said Yuval Ben-Itzhak, CTO of Finjan. “This offers crimeware authors the opportunity to inject malicious code into rich-content files used by Ads and user-generated content on Web 2.0 websites.” "

EU's Criminal Records Information System needs solid infrastructure says European Data Protection Supervisor / Public Technology, 22 September 2008
http://www.publictechnology.net/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=17359
"On 16 September 2008, the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) adopted an opinion on a proposal for a Council Decision on the establishment of an electronic European Criminal Records Information System (ECRIS). The Decision is part of a package designed to help EU Member States to share the criminal records of their citizens and exchange information on past criminal convictions."

IBM Confirms Finjan's Report on Crimeware-as-a-Service / Public Technology, 22 September 2008
http://www.publictechnology.net/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=17352
"Finjan, a provider of secure web gateway solutions for the enterprise market, stated last week that a blog posting from IBM Internet Security Systems, in which the rapid ascendance of hacking-as-a-service is discussed, confirms an earlier report from Finjan on Crimeware-as-a-Service. “It is indicative of the domination of criminal gangs in the malware and security attack business these days,” says Yuval Ben-Itzhak, Chief Technology Officer of Finjan."

Population in Custody: Monthly tables / Ministry of Justice, 31 October 2008
http://www.justice.gov.uk/docs/population-in-custody-september08.pdf
"This is a monthly statistical release presenting tables on the population in custody, with summary figures on the population in prison establishments, police cells, secure children's homes and secure training centres. The tables for September 2008 have been added."

National Domestic Violence Delivery Plan: Annual progress report 2007-08 / Departments: Home Office, 31 October 2008
http://www.crimereduction.homeoffice.gov.uk/domesticviolence/domesticviolence069.htm
"This report covers progress on early identification of domestic violence, capacity building to improve support for victims and improvements to the way the criminal justice system deals with domestic violence.

Government reclassifying cannabis despite fall in use / The Times, 31 October 2008
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article5050871.ece
"Illegal drug use is in decline in England and Wales with cannabis use at its lowest level for a decade, according to a report. Despite the fall in use of cannabis, the Government said it was determined to press ahead with reclassifying the drug from Class C to Class B in January. The Home Office said the decision to reclassify was taken on the basis of the potential of cannabis to cause harm not on the prevalence of its use."

Report:Drug Misuse Declared: Findings from the 2007-08 British Crime Survey / Home Office,30 October 2008 http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/pdfs08/hosb1308.pdf

Police fail to record crime properly, as violence rises 22% / The Times 24 October 2008
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article4998731.ece
"Serious violent crime is much worse than the Government has been claiming because police forces have been failing to record offences properly, it was disclosed yesterday."

Faith groups spreading the word on the wings The Observer, 26 October 2008
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/oct/26/religion-prisonsandprobation
"Religious organisations working in British jails claim spectacular success in cutting rates of reoffending. The government wants to expand their role - but critics believe that, with entire blocks now under the control of some faith groups, tensions within prison are bound to grow."

Seizures of Drugs in England and Wales 2006-07 / Home Office, 30 October 2008
http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/pdfs08/hosb1208.pdf
"These statistics cover the number of drug seizures made by police forces and HM Revenue and Customs in 2006-07, as well as the quantities seized."

Drug Misuse Declared: Findings from the 2007-08 British Crime Survey / Home Office, 30 October 2008
http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/pdfs08/hosb1308.pdf
"These statistics cover self-reported drug use for adults and young people in England and Wales from the 2007-08 British Crime Survey."

A Complicated Business: A joint inspection of electronically monitored curfew requirements, orders and licences / Ministry of Justice, 28 October 2008
http://inspectorates.homeoffice.gov.uk/hmiprobation/inspect_reports/thematic-inspections1.html/Electronic_Monitoring_Thema1.pdf?view=Binary
"This is a joint inspection of electronically monitored curfew requirements, orders and licences by HMI Probation, HMI Court Administration and HMI Constabulary."

Reducing the risk of violent crime: forty-fifth report of session 2007-2008: report, together with formal minutes, oral and written evidence / TSO, 23 October 2008
PDF - http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200708/cmselect/cmpubacc/546/546.pdf
HC 546

Crime in England and Wales: Quarterly update to June 2008 / Home Office, October 2008
PDF - http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/pdfs08/hosb1408.pdf
Home Office Statistical Bulletin 14/08

Tobacco underground: The booming global trade in smuggled cigarettes / Center for Public Integrity, 19 October 2008
http://www.publicintegrity.org/investigations/tobacco/pages/introduction/
"The illicit trafficking of tobacco is a multibillion-dollar business today, fueling organized crime and corruption, robbing governments of needed tax money, and spurring addiction to a deadly product. So profitable is the trade that tobacco is the world’s most widely smuggled legal substance. This booming business now stretches from counterfeiters in China and renegade factories in Russia to Indian reservations in New York and warlords in Pakistan and North Africa."

Disability hate crime not being reported, conference warned
Jane's Police Review, 15 October 2008
http://jpr.janes.com/
'Almost zero' disability hate crime incidents in the UK are reported to the police service, a member of the ACPO hate crime working group has said. Supt Paul Giannasi, from Staffordshire Police, said that while the UK lead the way internationally on tackling hate crime, it still had a problem with people underreporting it..."
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