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SOCA: Police can monitor file download histories

...infringing files have deleted their download histories, according to the Serious Organised Crime Agency. On Wednesday evening, SOCA hailed the success of an operation against... Read more

16 February, 2012 by David Meyer

Police threaten RnBXclusive music downloaders with jail

...The UK's Serious Organised Crime Agency has arrested a proprietor of RnBXclusive, a website that allegedly provided... Read more

15 February, 2012 by David Meyer

Detica: 80 percent of internet crime is 'co-ordinated

...The majority of digital crime is co-ordinated and not the action of lone criminals, according to... Read more

29 March, 2012 by Tom Espiner

Police set to launch three £30m e-crime hubs

...Officers (Acpo) has announced that three new police hubs to tackle web crime are set to launch. Every force in the UK has to deal... Read more

9 February, 2012 by Sade Laja

Digital crime accounts for one in four business frauds

Online crime now the third most common fraud suffered by British businesses... A quarter... Read more

29 November, 2011 by Nick Heath

PCeU to be rolled into National Crime Agency

...The Metropolitan Police Central e-Crime Unit will be rolled into the National Crime Agency, under a government... Read more

15 November, 2011 by Tom Espiner

Police unit claims £140m success in e-crime crackdown

...The Metropolitan Police's digital crime unit has saved the economy more than £140m in the last six... Read more

5 October, 2011 by Steve Ranger

Metropolitan police leak victims' email addresses

...Metropolitan Police Service has apologised to more than a thousand victims of crime, after sending them each others' email addresses. The force made the error... Read more

3 February, 2012 by David Meyer

MPs: Police need to learn about e-crime

...for police forces to get more training to deal with minor online crimes, as such e-crimes often end up taking second place to cybercrime... Read more

2 February, 2012 by Tom Espiner

William Hague: 'Online crime is growing exponentially

...as well as great benefit," he said. "This particularly applies to online crime, which is growing exponentially. Across the globe there are people and groups... Read more

1 November, 2011 by Nick Heath

Crime search site crashes after launch

...The Home Office has launched a web service providing a snapshot of crime and antisocial behaviour on every street in England and Wales. Its launch... Read more

2 February, 2011 by Kable

Child protection chief quits ahead of crime agency merge

...Home Office ahead of the taskforce being merged into the new National Crime Agency. Gamble's decision to resign comes in the light of the... Read more

5 October, 2010 by Ben Woods

US authorities charge 37 people in Zeus Trojan crime ring

...announced charges against 37 people accused of being part of an international crime ring that infected computers with the Zeus Trojan. The gang is believed... Read more

1 October, 2010 by Elinor Mills

Europe aims to open cybercrime hub in January

...Europe's new digital crime hub will concentrate on combating attacks on critical infrastructure and pursuing crimes... Read more

28 March, 2012 by Tom Espiner

Hague lists cyber 'rules of the road'

...competitive online environment; and the need for collective action against cybercrime.Online crime "The best and the worst of human behaviour finds expression online, and... Read more

1 November, 2011 by Tom Espiner

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