Archive for January, 2008
Increase in crime in the Great Britain
30 January 2008For the last couple years in the society keep on discussions concerning the possible introduction of the electronic tracking system for criminals: such initiative generates too many doubts of ethical character. However steady growth of number of prisoners in the Great Britain forces authorities to search for non-standard ways.
If in 1997 in prisons of […]
Sea pirates became more active
29 January 2008The amount of registered cases of sea piracy for the last year has increased by 10 % in comparison with the last year, is informed in the report of the International Maritime Bureau (IMB).
263 piracy attacks have been registered in 2007, while in 2006 - only 239.
According to IMB’s report, in 2007 pirates became better […]
Anti-criminal site of the EU became a source of viruses
25 January 2008The 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 […]
In Russia extremist crime rate has sharply increased
23 January 2008Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs has published the statistics on number of the crimes committed in 2007. The data have been made public by the first Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs Alexander Chekalin within the framework of the scientific conference on problems of national safety.
Tchekalin, in particular, has informed about 3 million 572 thousand crimes […]
British government concentrates attention on extremist websites
22 January 2008Home 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 2008Secretary 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 […]
Microchips under skin for criminals in Great Britain
16 January 2008In the United Kingdom the government elaborates the program on implantation of microchips to trace the location of criminals. For the time being the matter concerns pedophiles, but some are afraid, that ordinary simple citizens will be the next.
British government plans to implant microchips under skin to criminals and trace their location with which […]
Latvians illegally turn Russians, Byelorussians and Ukrainians into Europeans
15 January 2008The police of Latvia disclosed the criminal group consisted of government officials who trade in the Latvian passports.
19 officials are detained on suspicion of counterfeiting and sale of EU passports.
The main buyers of illegal passports were Byelorussians, and also Russian and Ukrainians. According to representatives of the Latvian security police, these documents were not […]
Unprecedented number of journalists has been killed in 2007
11 January 200886 journalists died in 2007. This number was published on January, 2, 2008 by “Reporters without Borders”. In comparison with 2002 the number of the killed has grown by 246 percents. More than a half of victims - 48 people - are killed in the Middle East, 17 - in Asia, 12 - in Africa, […]
Turkey has passed the revolutionary antitobacco law
10 January 2008The parliament of Turkey has approved the bill of a complete ban of smoking in public places.
The bill forbids smoking in places of entertainments, including cafes and restaurants, stadiums, transport, in a taxi, in particular, trains, and also commercials of tobacco products, their mentioning in films, serials and in musical clips.
Infringement of the law […]
