Archive for March, 2008

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, […]

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 […]