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July 04, 2008 EU cybercrime initiative is going to be expensive for ISPs

I was interested to see a report over on Betanews that European ISPs are more than a bit concerned about the cost if complying with EU cybercrime proposals,...

http://www.crime-research.org/news/04.07.2008/3435/

July 04, 2008 Gov't wants to include more provisions in cybercrime bill

MAKATI City, Philippines -- A technical working group (TWG) composed of various stakeholders in government and the private sector are including additional...

http://www.crime-research.org/news/04.07.2008/3434/

July 01, 2008 Three strokes of a bamboo cane for Singapore forum 'scammer'

A British man faces caning and a prison sentence for allegedly conning members of an IT forum in Singapore. Members of the VR-Zone forum used "mass...

http://www.crime-research.org/news/01.07.2008/3433/

June 30, 2008 Azerbaijan: joining European Convention on Cybercrime

Azerbaijan’s Minister of Communications and Information Technologies Ali Abbasov has today signed a document on his country’s joining Council of...

http://www.crime-research.org/news/30.06.2008/3431/


June 27, 2008 Woman gets prison for 'Nigerian' scam

TACOMA, Wash., June 26 (UPI) -- An Olympia, Wash., woman who pleaded guilty in a $1 million "Nigerian check scam" has been sentenced to two years in prison....

http://www.crime-research.org/news/27.06.2008/3430/

June 27, 2008 Warning: Internet travel scam

POLICE have issued a warning about an online scam promoting cheap airline tickets.

http://www.crime-research.org/news/27.06.2008/travel-scam/

June 26, 2008 Closer Ties on Cybercrime: Japan and France agreement

June 10 : Japanese and French government ministers agreed to work more closely on cybercrime. At a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the G8 Justice...

http://www.crime-research.org/news/26.06.2008/3428/

June 25, 2008 About 50% of malicious sites bound to 10 networks (6 in China)

Almost half the websites pushing malware are hosted by just 10 networks, according to a new report that adds new support to the growing argument that a...

http://www.crime-research.org/news/25.06.2008/3427/

June 24, 2008 Computer Crime Unit rescues girl

AUGUSTA (June 23): The following news was compiled for the Maine Department of Public Safety by the Public Information Office: Exceptional work by the...

http://www.crime-research.org/news/24.06.2008/3426/

June 24, 2008 UNITED STATES: Cybercrime

Cyber Crime Training Collaboration With The National Center For Justice And The Rule Of Law As today''''s technology-driven world provides a new arena...

http://www.crime-research.org/news/24.06.2008/3425/

June 23, 2008 Man pleads guilty to Internet sex crime involving police officer posing as young girl

NORWALK -- A 27-year-old man pleaded guilty to an Internet sex crime involving whom he believed to be a young girl, according to Wakeman police. Thomas E....

http://www.crime-research.org/news/23.06.2008/3424/

June 20, 2008 Local man accused of dealing in child pornography

29 year old Michael Turman was arrested Monday and appeared in court on yesterday. He was the subject of an investigation by the Fresno Internet Crime...

http://www.crime-research.org/news/20.06.2008/3423/

June 20, 2008 Australia tops cyber crime list

Australia has the highest incidence of cyber crime in the world, according to a global survey of nine countries by software security vendor, AVG. The...

http://www.crime-research.org/news/20.06.2008/3422/

June 19, 2008 NASA hacker to appeal

Gary McKinnon, the Briton who hacked into multiple US Government computer networks, saying he was looking for evidence of extra-terrestrial life, will next...

http://www.crime-research.org/news/19.06.2008/3421/

June 19, 2008 Internet crime on the increase through wireless access points

Over the past year, our Computer Crimes Unit has seen an increase in the number of cases involving the theft of Internet use via wireless access points....

http://www.crime-research.org/news/19.06.2008/3419/