Australian authorities cannot afford to let their focus on terrorism allow them to become complacent about the reach of the Calabrian Mafia, organised crime experts have warned.
11 March 2014
How Thailand's trade in fake passports fuels crime gangs around the world
As usual, title is misleading, but some information about stolen and counterfeit passports. In fact, the majority of UK passports are stolen in Spain, the article says. An interesting pastiche of what the reporter could throw together as the story of the stolen passports and the disappearing aircraft begins to move on.
28 February 2014
Al Qaeda the third generation Part One
This is the first part of the article, which i read on the plane back from turkey yesterday. Just found it! fascinating analysis.
Al Qaeda: the third generation
Interesting piece, effectively revisiting a piece in the Economist on Urban Guerillas many years ago.
21 February 2014
Information about new Summer School
The website for the new Summer School is under construction. Some of the links in the bar at the top of the page lead to more information, some are still being organised. This was as of 21st February.
New issue of SGOC Newsletter
There's something not quite right with the link, but if you scroll down, the Newsletter is just past the weird stuff.
17 December 2013
Cybercrime shopping list study points to falling prices
Interesting study of the going price for stolen computer and other details on criminal forums suggests that there's a glut of information and that the price is therefore going down.
Police target Salford 'untouchables' in dawn raids following investigation into drugs and guns
Normally, we look at Liverpool here, but Manchester is equally interesting. This article seems to hint at a rudimentary capo di tutti capi in Salford...
Ransomware creation kit 'sought by cyber-thieves'
Cybercrime marches on. Customisable off the shelf software being created for blackmailers and others without computer skills, but good ideas on how to make money.
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