Web War II: what a future cyberwar will look like

Cut and paste piece from the BBC magazine. 3 part documentary to be broadcast on BBC World Service and then available on iplayer. Probably worth downloading, especially f they get a debate going between those who could be accused of exaggerating the threat for business purposes and those who are more balanced and analytical.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-17868789

Thein Sein's drug problem

Useful update on narcotics production in Burma. Warlords, militias, ethnic groups, corrupt Army commanders, changing markets. A reminder that not so long ago, Burma was the world's biggest opium producer.

http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Southeast_Asia/ND27Ae01.html

EU Anti Mafia Committee

A new committee of MEPs has been given one year to investigate organised crime, corruption and money laundering in the European Union, and to come up with fresh proposals to tackle the issue.


Anti Mafia Committee Set Up by European Parliament

Europol Welcomes anti-mafia committee

Sonia Alfano (ALDE, IT) was elected chair of the recently established special committee on organised crime, corruption and money laundering, during its first meeting on Tuesday in Strasbourg. Committee members also elected 4 vice-chairs and nominated Salvatore Iacolino (EPP, IT) as rapporteur.

First meeting of the special committee on organised crime 

Credit card 'info for sale' websites closed in global raids

and about time too! But they will just defect to the Dark or deep web.
Particularly idiotic remark from SOCA cybercrime head: "I'd rather arrest 10 code writers than 1,000 front-end fraudsters," 
It's the organisers, stupid! Code writers are tools just like the front-enders

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-17851257

Camorra member arrested in London

Italian police - together with Interpol, the Serious Organized Crime Agency and Scotland Yard - arrested a Camorra (the Naples-based crime syndicate) member yesterday. Gianfranco Techegnè had been on the run for 30 years.

http://www.antimafiaduemila.com/2012042636730/mafia-eventi-campania/camorra-latitante-da-circa-30-anni-arrestato-a-londra.html

EU Terrorism situation and trend report from Europol

Blogger has changed its format and at the moment none of your bloggers can work out how to link the post title to the URL, so here it is:
https://www.europol.europa.eu/sites/default/files/publications/europoltsat.pdf
If anyomne knows how to reinstate the previous system, please let us know

Rocco Trimboli, a top 'Ndrangheta fugitive, has been arrested

Rocco Trimboli, who was on the run since 2010, was arrested today near Reggio Calabria. He had been convicted for drug trafficking and mafia association. Trimboli is also considered a key person in the  increasing role of the 'Ndrangheta in northern Italy.



http://www.corriere.it/cronache/12_aprile_24/arrestato-latitante-tromboli-macri_6be59aec-8dde-11e1-839c-11a4cf6ed581.shtml

Coast Guard stops 30th Drug Submarine

Coast Guard stops 30th drug submarine

Insecurity and failed states: the problems of prohibition

Former senior figure in MI6 calls for a different approach to illegal drugs.

The arrival of Riina Jr in Padua is causing protests

Last week Riina Jr, the son of Cosa Nostra boss Toto' Riina, has been tranferred from special surveillance in Corleone - where he lived after imprisonment for assication with organized crime  - to Padua, where he started to work as a volunteer for a NPO. The arrival of Riina Jr had been delayed due to numerous protests, particularly from members of the Northern League. The president of the Province of Padua has just announced appeal to the Court to avoid his presence in the northern city.
 http://www.gazzettino.it/articolo.php?id=191583&sez=NORDEST