Archive for 'Europe'

Liechtenstein starts investigation of the case over the theft of banking data

11 March 2008

The Office of Public Prosecutor of Liechtenstein has declared the beginning of investigation on the case about the theft of confidential data about clients of LGT bank.
As informs AFP, in the theft is suspected Heinrich Kieber, the former employee of LGT bank and some more people, whose names are not informed.
According to the mass-media, […]

In Germany online-searches are forbidden

3 March 2008

On February, 27 the Constitutional Court of Germany has forbidden German Constitution protection department of to carry out secret searches of suspects’ computers using Trojan programs, informs DW-WORLD.DE.
The author of the claim asserted that the search of suspects’ computers with the help of Trojan programs outrage the citizens’ security of residence right.
Judges have […]

British parents will be allowed to trace paedophiles

21 February 2008

British Home Office is going to allow parents to check to in police, whether the person, who has access to their children, was condemned earlier as a pedophile, informes BBC News.
In particular, single mothers can check their new boy-friend. Also it would be possible to get the information on the neighbors who agree to look […]

Terrorists are Internet–mapped

20 February 2008

Museum of Modern Art in New York within the framework of an exhibition “Design and quick mind” will present site Global Incident Map, which in real time shows on Google Maps sites of the last bomb attacks, nuclear, ecological and other threats, writes Tech.co.uk.
The data on the event is get from the news sources. The […]

Swindle with credit cards

18 February 2008

Swindlers have cloned in ATM and Chip and PIN devices cards of almost every fifth British.
While the Internet remains one of the main sources of swindle, holders of credit, debit and ATM-cards run the risk in streets. According to the new data, the most dangerous city is London.
The research conducted by company CPP, has […]

The group of doctors is tried on charge of murder in Paris

8 February 2008

In Paris on Wednesday, February, 6, began the hearings on the case of manslaughter of more than 100 people, who died as a result of treatment by growth hormone, informs the French mass-media.
Seven people are accused of negligence, committed in 1980s in the process of manufacture, preparation for use and distribution of growth hormone, used […]

Czechs have created an efficient system of stolen phones’ blocking

1 February 2008

Czech police has declared that the new technology of stolen mobile phones’ blocking, launched in the country in October, 2007, has shown quite good results.
6700 stolen mobile have been blocked since last October, informs company Software602, which has created the special system of blocking.
New technology blocks the phone in such a way, that […]

Anti-criminal site of the EU became a source of viruses

25 January 2008

The site created in the context of EU’s anti-criminal program, became a source of computer viruses. Internet - edition The Inquirer informs, that address www.ctose.org should have contained the resource with the information on criminal investigations. However now users see messages on various services, from reservation of hotel rooms to insurance, and at an attempt […]

British government concentrates attention on extremist websites

22 January 2008

Home Secretary Jackie Smith has declared intention of the government to close all extremist Internets-sites, writes The Guardian. Search and closedown of the sites connected to terrorists are a part of the governmental strategy on extermination of radical groupings in Great Britain.
Minister is going to meet with representatives of the largest GB’s providers to […]

US fears terrorism threat from Europe

18 January 2008

Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff has declared, that Europe can shortly turn into “base for terrorists” and the most serious threat for US safety can come therefrom, transfers Reuters.
In the interview to BBC’s World News America he has noted about the recently growth of terrorism in Europe.
In support […]

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