Man jailed for conning £15 million from investors

Just how many bogus hedge funds are there out there?

"Cocaine cast" man arrested at Spanish airport

Ive chosen the Telegraph account for two nice details:

The man was taken to hospital AFTER the cast was removed.

Officers are investigating whether the injuries were inflicted intentionally so he could smuggle the drug.

Ouch, ouch, ouch.

Binmen trained to be eyes and ears of police

Honestly, I'm not making this up. Today Cambridgeshire...tomorrow your incorrectly filled wheelie bins...The cops are too busy watching protesters to catch burglars, so theyre training up binmen. Comic Relief stunt?

Revealed: polics databank on thousands of protesters

But dont you dare take a photograph of them! Just pray Stalin or Hitler doesnt come to power in the next few years, because they will have a wonderful police database to lock up all the possible resisters. Or that the database gets privatised ...then it can be made accessible to employers...Quis custodiet ipsos custodies? Errr...Nobody.

This is the text linked to the video in the previous post. Really cheerful Saturday morning!

Police target journalists and protesters

This'll cheer you up. Only coming out because journalists themselves beginning to feel threatened by police surveillance. This link goes to a video with police comments. Allegedly.

Madoff expected to plead guilty Thursday

But its a plea bargain...

NY "mafia cops" get life in jail

Feeling safe? That cop that flagged you down could be a Mafia hitman...This has been on the blog before and there's something odd about the story. NYTimes story at: http://tinyurl.com/c2qgqg

Just what you always feared private prisons could turn out to be about

Two judges plead guilty to accepting money from the owner of a private detention facility to send juveniles there. Read and weep...Of course it doesn't matter because it happened somewhere really obscure in Pennsylvania USA. Its a one-off...yeah, sure. And bankers are honest...was that a pig I just saw flying past the window?

Gand of Pensioners Convicted for Running Uk's Biggest Counterfeiting Operation

From the Grey Panther's house journal: the Torygraph.

As Italy's Banks tighten lending, desperate firms call on the Mafia

Banks stop lending. The loan sharks move in. The Mafia is still cash heavy and the interest rates they charge may mean they end up taking over the business. Plus ca change...