Tempted to buy a bottle of luxury brand perfume or aftershave at a bargain price from a street vendor? Think again – the smell might be similar to the one being sold in an established outlet, but the liquid providing the base is usually urine. “They use horse urine,” says David McKelvey, from counterfeit and [...]
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Dec 2011
Fake goods save money but at what cost?
December 19, 2011 By 3 Comments
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Dec 2011
Missing British boy’s family given new hope with DNA victory
December 17, 2011 By Leave a Comment
The family of a British toddler who went missing 20 years ago have won a High Court battle to have his DNA released in a new attempt to trace him. Ben Needham disappeared in July 1991 when he was just 21 months old on the Greek island of Kos, where his mother Kerry, then aged [...]
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Dec 2011
Four granted new trials in racially motivated rape/torture murders
December 2, 2011 By Leave a Comment
It’s known as the Knoxville Horror, one of the most gruesome racially motivated killings in US history. In January of 2007, a young white couple was on a date in Knoxville, Tennessee. Their names were Channon Gail Christian, 21, and Hugh Christopher Newsom, Jr., 23. They were attacked by three black males. Newsom was gang [...]
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Nov 2011
7 golden rules to avoid being scammed
November 11, 2011 By Leave a Comment
It has happened to millions of people throughout the world. We all know someone that has been the victim of a scam or has at least been targeted via letter, email or phone call. So how can we avoid being the next victim? Well, public awareness is the greatest enemy of the scammer. The more [...]
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Nov 2011
5 Great tips to protect your identity from scammers
November 9, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Although email phishing and fraud is evident the whole year round, it’s fast approaching that time of year where our shopping and spending activities increase, we spend more and there is that feel-good-factor on the run up to Christmas which may leave us more vulnerable than usual. These situations do not escape the notice of [...]
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Nov 2011
Rome, Italy – Fire Extinguisher-hurling Black Bloc Protester Arrested
November 8, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Twenty four-year-old with criminal record for drug offences photographed throwing red cylinder in Piazza San Giovanni: “I was trying to put out a fire”. ROME – Police officers have arrested the man who was photographed hurling a fire extinguisher in Piazza San Giovanni during the Black Bloc protests on Saturday 15 October. He is F.F., a [...]
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Nov 2011
‘Carlos the Jackal’ faces new trial over terrorist attacks in France
November 7, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Already serving life for murder, the Venezuelan-born ‘revolutionary’ will face court over the 1980s killings. The “celebrity terrorist” Ilich Ramirez Sanchez – known as “Carlos the Jackal” – will go on trial for terrorist activities for the first time in Paris today. The Venezuelan-born Sanchez, 62, who became a symbol of the “cruel but cool” [...]
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Nov 2011
Guatemala’s bloody battle with Mexican drug cartels
November 5, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Once civil war was the big threat. But as elections loom, a new scourge is centre stage. The text message, translated from its original Spanish, begins with a cheery salutation. “Pay attention, or I will fuck you up, along with your entire family.” After several hair-raising paragraphs, it ends with a polite sign-off: “Kindest regards, [...]
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Oct 2011
Intellectual Property Crime – A Victimless Crime?
October 28, 2011 By 1 Comment
Intellectual property theft is a major problem across the Globe. Counterfeit goods or “knock-offs”, as they are often referred to, are internationally distributed via local markets and this business is a multi-million pound international criminal enterprise. Often this is seen as a victimless crime but in reality it is a destructive and a widespread criminal [...]
