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Ali Dizaei: ‘criminal in uniform’ police chief jailed again for corruption

By on Wednesday, February 15th, 2012 | No Comments

Ali Dizaei, the Scotland Yard commander once branded a “criminal in uniform”, was returned to jail yesterday after being found guilty of corruption for a second time. The Metropolitan Police officer was convicted unanimously at his retrail for misconduct in a public office and perverting the course of justice. He was jailed for three years. [...]

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Profile: Ali Dizaei

By on Wednesday, February 15th, 2012 | No Comments

Ali Dizaei has rarely been far from trouble throughout his long and contentious police career. Here we study the ex-commander’s profile as he begins a three-year sentence among the criminals he sought to convict. Various attempts to oust 49-year-old Ali Dizaei from his job have proved unsuccessful, with the commander bouncing back each time. His [...]

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Teesside man accused of concert tickets scam

By on Sunday, February 12th, 2012 | No Comments

An alleged ticket tout is accused of conning thousands of music fans in a £3m concert scam. Along with two others, Andrew Lagan, 43, of Northcliffe Street, North Ormesby, Middlesbrough, allegedly sold non-existent tickets to about 16,000 people. The tickets were allegedly offered via their company Good Time Entertainments for concerts in London’s Hyde Park [...]

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Suspected gang members targeted in police swoops

By on Wednesday, February 8th, 2012 | No Comments

Dozens of suspected gang members will be targeted by police in a series of co-ordinated operations across London today as Scotland Yard begins a renewed crackdown on gang crime. Hundreds of Metropolitan Police officers will take to the streets of the capital to track down and arrest suspected gang members believed to be involved in [...]

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Private firms give UK police forces millions of pounds to investigate crimes

By on Sunday, February 5th, 2012 | Comments Off

The full extent of how Britain’s police forces are routinely charging private companies millions of pounds to investigate crimes committed against them can be revealed. The growing practice – which has gone unnoticed for years – has led to accusations that officers can effectively be hired for cash. Banks, insurers, car firms and credit card [...]

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Vicars ‘presided over hundreds of sham marriages for immigrants’

By on Friday, January 27th, 2012 | No Comments

Two Church of England vicars conducted “hundreds” of sham marriages to enable illegal immigrants to stay in Britain, a court was told yesterday. Rev Elwon John, 44, and Rev Brian Shipsides, 55, performed the ceremonies at All Saints Church in Forest Gate, east London, it is alleged. The weddings, mainly between Nigerian and European Union [...]

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‘Predictive policing’ could come to UK

By on Thursday, January 26th, 2012 | No Comments

A very interesting story in relation to a pioneering technique dubbed ‘predictive policing’ was reported in The Independent today. “The technique to predict crime before it happens could be imported from the United States to this country. Pilots of the scheme – under which officers are dispatched to crime hotspots identified by computer – have had [...]

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Bigamist wins ‘family life’ human rights case

By on Monday, January 23rd, 2012 | No Comments

A foreign drug-dealing bigamist has won the right to stay in Britain because of his human right to “family life”. Home Office lawyers hoped the deportation of foreign criminal Taoufik Didi would be an open-and-shut case. He had been sentenced to three years in prison for selling cocaine to undercover police officers, and so exceeded [...]

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Citizen’s arrests plummet due to ‘walk-on by’ culture

By on Tuesday, January 3rd, 2012 | No Comments

The number of citizen’s arrests carried out has fallen five-fold in the past decade, according to official figures which show the extent of Britain’s “walk-on-by” culture. In 2002, more than 14,000 citizen’s arrests were made in London. In 2010 it fell to 2,500 and is expected to drop below 2,000 for 2011, meaning the number [...]

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One in five bag thefts now occur on public transport

By on Monday, December 26th, 2011 | 1 Comment

One in five bag snatches and pickpocket crimes now occur on public transport, figures show. Buses, trains and tubes are now the most popular target for thieves for the first time since crime surveys began. It has overtaken shops and supermarkets or in the street, which have previously been more popular. Theft from the person [...]

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