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FBI confirms privacy violations

10 March 2008

FBI has confessed to illegal tapping, tracking of bank translations and Internet-traffic of US citizens, informs AP.
FBI’s Director Robert Muller has noted that sources of the information are partially guilty in that - banks and telecommunication companies gave FBI more information, than was required. Muller earlier has already recognized, that FBI frequently violated the law […]

USA incarcerates more than any other country of the world

6 March 2008

U.S. is recognized as the country, most actively using prisons for isolation of the citizens, informs Reuters referring to the research, prepared by Pew Center On The States.
According to these data, every 100-th adult citizen of the country is now in a prison or a colony. The general number of prisoners in the USA is […]

In presidential Election Day Russian criminals have cut their activity

5 March 2008

In presidential Election Day in Russia the number of crimes has reduced one third. It was informed by local press, referring to the first Deputy Ministrer of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation Alexander Chekalin.
Chekalin considers, that reduction of crime rate for the period of elections in comparison with the usual period can be […]

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 […]

Almost 2 thousand legal sites are closed on suspicion of pornography

27 February 2008

The Finnish police has launched the system of struggle against children’s Internet-pornography – as a result 1700 legal network resources have been blocked, writes The Register referring to the fighter with Finnish censors Matti Nikki.
The majority of the resources checked by system appeared lawful porno-sites, 2 from 700 resources contained children’s pornography.
In 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 […]

Chinese authorities introduce Internet - censorship

13 February 2008

Chinese authorities have introduced new rules which provide for the state control over the Internet-space to keep development of the Chinese nation in a healthy direction.
The Ministry of information science of Chinese People’s Republic has informed, new rules will induce operators of video- and audio-sites to place in Internet only positive information which is in […]

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 […]

American teenager has killed all the family

6 February 2008

15-years old boy from state Maryland has shot all the family because of the quarrel with his father, informs AP. On the night of Saturday Nicholas Waggoner Browning has shot his sleeping parents and two younger brothers, 11 and 13 years, and then has gone to visit friends.
Having spent a sleepover, Nicolas came back […]

Robbers of the Venezuelan bank have yielded

4 February 2008

The robbers, taking some dozens hostages in the branch of Banco Provincial bank in the center of Venezuela last week, have yielded.
Having taken money, malefactors were going to leave crime scene, however near the building appeared the police car and they had lock up in the building together with hostages from employees and clients of […]

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