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Posted on May 13, 2012 by admin | No Comments
A Buddhist monk from Thailand was found bludgeoned to death inside a temple in Grand Bay today — and investigators immediately arrested his fellow monk on a murder charge. Members of the Wat Buddharaksa Temple, mostly Thai and Laotian immigrants, gathered in mourning and disbelief as Mobile County Sheriff’s deputies combed the worship... Read More →
Posted on May 12, 2012 by admin | No Comments
The brother of murdered private detective Daniel Morgan has spoken of his hope that the imminent release of a report into the case will provide fresh impetus in the push for a judicial review. Alistair Morgan hopes a joint review by the Metropolitan Police and CPS into the way investigations into Daniel’s murder collapsed will force... Read More →
Posted on May 12, 2012 by admin | No Comments
Meet Gordon Cramer. He's what you'd call a private international crime investigator. He's not with Interpol. He's not with ASIO or the CIA. He's actually with Facebook. The former police detective is one of a handful of members of a private Facebook group, scattered around the globe, investigating one of Australia's most intriguing... Read More →
Posted on May 12, 2012 by admin | No Comments
The ease with which private investigators can access highly personal and sensitive information stored in secure government databases has been exposed by a report that will intensify calls to regulate the industry. An investigation by Channel 4's Dispatches programme reveals how a London firm of private detectives sold personal data... Read More →
Posted on May 12, 2012 by admin | No Comments
An undercover investigation into the illicit trade in personal information in Britain has revealed how easy it is for private investigators to obtain personal data illegally. A Channel 4 documentary to be aired tomorrow reveals that employees from two of Britain's biggest companies unknowingly supplied confidential information to a... Read More →
Posted on May 12, 2012 by admin | No Comments
It doesn't take long. Several minutes into their first meeting, the director of Crown Intelligence offers an undercover reporter a broad range of highly sensitive and potentially illegal personal data. A hidden camera monitors Stephen Anderson leaning across his desk in a plush office near Hyde Park, central London, saying: "I could... Read More →
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Longtime Alachua County sheriff's investigator and private detective Danny Pascucci, who helped solve several high-profile cases, including the murders of five college students in 1990, died Wednesday at age 70. Law enforcement officers and attorneys remembered Pascucci as a thorough detective who specialized in forensic evidence and... Read More →
Posted on May 12, 2012 by admin | No Comments
Several TV shows and movies have featured bullets — usually deployed by the bad guys — that fly around corners and look for one person or object in particular. We don’t have those yet, but a new projectile developed for snipers at Sandia National Laboratory could be a game-changer for taking out distant targets. This projectile... Read More →
Posted on May 12, 2012 by admin | No Comments
Hand-held devices such as smartphones and tablets could be the next frontier for cyber-spies and other rogue players in the digital world, warns a newly declassified assessment from Canada’s intelligence agency. Opportunities for malicious hackers are growing as computer systems move from the back rooms of corporations and government... Read More →
Posted on May 12, 2012 by admin | No Comments
There were nearly 20,000 reports of abuse, neglect or exploitation of elderly citizens and younger adults with disabilities made to North Carolina's county departments of social services in 2011, according to data released by the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS). In response to these numbers, Governor Bev... Read More →
Posted on May 12, 2012 by admin | No Comments
Channel 4's Dispatches investigates the market in illegal information. Chris Atkins spent a year undercover and approached private investigator firms offering background checks, and was offered a wide variety of private information in breach of the Data Protection Act. Chris then paid for the checks, on volunteers who had given their consent,... Read More →
Posted on May 12, 2012 by admin | No Comments
There are shocking allegations of a sexual assault at one of the city’s busiest bus stations. A security guard who was in charge of keeping the peace is now accused of rape. The pregnant bus passenger says she was raped in a back office. The attack took place inside a security office at the Greyhound bus station. Tyler Duhon claims... Read More →
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