Fraud investigators raid BAE agents home

Austrian police carry out raid on behalf of SFO. Although the Guardian has pursued this case with determination, the story still only describes allegations, in this case to do with a deal involving the Czech Republic.

Scottish Crime "lowest since 80s"

Will London actually study what the Scots have done....If only! A week ago, they announced new offences: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/edinburgh_and_east/7627335.stm is this a precedent for South of the border?

Gaza's Smuggling Tunnels

One can only admire human ingenuity

We can no longer afford to fund the corrupt

Comment piece by Camilla Cavendish, a journalist with a wealthy person's name, so she should know! Bit of a neo-con piece, but the Times is in the Murdoch stable, after all! It remains true, however, that a lot of aid money disappears into overseas bank accounts long before it reaches the poor, as she argues.

Terrorist chic or debunking of a myth?

Film about the Baader-Meinhof gang/ Red Army Faction causs controversy.

Somali pirates "seize 30 tanks"

A Ukranian ship carrying T 72s to Mombassa. The pirates operate out of Eyl in Puntland where they are holding a dozen ships. Suppose all they need now is fuel.

Key Finance Firms probed by FBI

20 large financial firms allegedly under investigation for deceiving investors as to the strength of their institutions. We shall see whether anything ever comes of this.

Number of fake £1 coins doubles

Sounds like another puff for a BBC programme. One of those "is anything really happening?" sort of stories. Probably about time the crime correspondent came up with something to justify his salary.

Alex Schmid revisits his definition of terrorism

Alex Schmid is revising his academic consensus definition of terrorism and is asking for feedback before publishing his handbook of terrorism research.

MEPs call on EU states to list Hezbollah as Terrorist Group

For the moment this is a campaign by a group of MEPs and not yet the policy of the European Parliament. At present, only Israel, the US, the Netherlands and Canada consider Hezbollah a terrorist group. the UK and Australia list its military wing as a terrorist group.