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Hi-tech police to join new UK force
News The elite police force will merge the National Crime Squad (which the NHTCU is part of), the National Criminal Intelligence Service and the investigative branches of the Customs and Immigration Service.
[February 10, 2004, 10:45]
Net closes on thousands of UK paedophiles
News The FBI has passed details of 7,272 UK residents who paid to access paedophilic images to the UK's National Criminal Intelligence Service (NCIS), according to a report in The Sunday Telegraph. A major breakthrough by US police officers...
[August 5, 2002, 9:50]
News Burst: Online criminal activity to increase
News The foiled attempts to break into online bank Egg mark a sinister increase in online criminal activity according to the National Criminal Intelligence Service (NCIS), Thursday. Full story to follow. What do you think?
[August 24, 2000, 10:09]
Lack of reporting hits cybercrime fight
News Do you report it to the National Criminal Intelligence Service, the Metropolitan Police, or the Fraud Squad, the NHTCU or your local police? A reluctance by UK industry to report cybercrime incidents to police is resulting in a lack of statistics...
[April 25, 2002, 16:47]
Police chief's departure won't halt e-crime plans
News SOCA was formed in May 2006 as an amalgamation of the NHTCU, National Crime Squad (NCS), National Criminal Intelligence Service (NCIS) and a part of UK Immigration dealing with organised immigration crime (UKIS).
[October 4, 2007, 16:03]
'Terrorist' traffic data to be used against minor criminals
News Despite reassurances by the home secretary, David Blunkett, that this intelligence would be restricted to terrorist investigations, the Home Office has now said the data will also be made available for criminal investigations.
[November 7, 2001, 12:22]
Police get go ahead for cyber crime squad
News As previously reported on ZDNet News, the unit -- dedicated to solving computer and Internet crimes ranging from paedophile activities, software piracy, money laundering and virus-spreading -- will be led by police intelligence organisation NCIS...
[October 26, 1999, 15:12]
Cybersquad to combat computer crime
News The special unit, which will include members of the police, customs and excise, the National Crime Squad and the National Criminal Intelligence Service (NCIS), will begin work next year. At a press conference, Straw said: "The significant cash...
[November 13, 2000, 14:04]
Lord: 'British FBI' will be private Home Office police
News This legislation formerly regulated the National Criminal Intelligence Service and the National Crime Squad, which have now formed SOCA. SOCA has combined the National Crime Squad, the National Hi-Tech Crime Unit, and elements of the UK Immigration...
[April 25, 2006, 16:15]
Companies warned over corporate identity theft
News The National Criminal Intelligence Service (NCIS), which works with the UK's law enforcement agencies to fight organised crime, is concerned about this growing phenomenon because the general population is often not computer-literate enough to tell...
[October 28, 2003, 16:30]
SOCA: Beware the IT mafia
News SOCA was formed earlier this month, combining the National Crime Squad, the National Criminal Intelligence Service and experts from HM Revenue & Customs and the UK Immigration Service. The National Hi-Tech Crime Unit, which previously dealt with...
[April 25, 2006, 15:30]
E-crime laws failing, say top experts
News The National Crime Squad and the National Hi-Tech Crime Unit, the National Criminal Intelligence Service, HMRC and the UK Immigration Service are now all working together in Soca to make a significant impact on e-crime.
[April 12, 2006, 17:15]
Home Office admits data retention plans
News The "previous reports and speculation" referred to by this bulletin resulted from a leaked proposal from the National Criminal Intelligence Service, asking the Government for hugely expanded surveillance powers.
[October 26, 2001, 18:25]
ISPs blast police ignorance
News Despite proposing that law enforcers should be allowed to store all UK email and browsing traffic data for up to seven years, director of the National Criminal Intelligence Service (NCIS) Roger Gaspar said Tuesday he doesn't wish to see law...
[January 17, 2001, 9:22]
Security industry doesn't want a cybersecurity tsar
News MessageLabs also argued that an American cybercrime-fighting model (as suggested by Pritchard) is already in the pipline though the impending formation of the Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA), a merging of the National Crime Squad (which the...
[November 29, 2005, 17:25]
Civil liberties groups condemn Big Brother proposals
News The document obtained by the Observer is classified "restricted" and written by Roger Gaspar, deputy director-general and head of Intelligence for the National Criminal Intelligence Service (NCIS). It is written on behalf of the Association of...
[December 4, 2000, 8:40]
Six arrested over 'Nigerian email' frauds
News Do you report it to the National Criminal Intelligence Service, the Metropolitan Police, the Fraud Squad, the National High-Tech Crime Unit or your local police? The fraud is also known as the "West African advanced fee fraud" or the "419 fraud...
[May 21, 2002, 14:13]
The bobby goes digital
News The Public Safety Radio Communications Project -- to be developed jointly by Motorola and BT (quote: BT) -- is set to revolutionise policing by providing access to back office criminal intelligence to officers on the beat.
[March 8, 2000, 15:09]
Surveillance: Privacy versus policework - the debate
News Experts from the National Criminal Intelligence Service (NCIS) and GCHQ last week declined to take part in this debate. I'm not surprised Keith Akerman is amazed by this figure as it has nothing to do with police needs, but is driven by the...
[September 27, 1999, 11:25]
Brown pumps funds into espionage tech
News Gordon Brown presented the government's National Security Strategy to the House of Commons on Wednesday, outlining plans designed to improve the UK's response to terrorist and criminal threats, among others.
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