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Inside INTERPOL's New Cybercrime Innovation Center

INTERPOL, the international policing agency, is opening a massive innovation center in Singapore in 2014. At the center, law enforcement will learn all about the latest cybercrimes... and have access to cutting-edge forensics laboratories and research stations.READ»

Ahoy, Matey! South Africa Launches Pirate Satellite Network

Pirates, pollution, and shipwrecks will all be monitored under the new Long Range Identification and Tracking system.READ»

The Craigslist Crime Report: "Cesspool of Crime," Bold Use of Marketing [Updated]

Has popular online classifieds site Craigslist become a cesspool of crime? A destination for mayhem? A hub of murders, rapes, robberies, hit-man-for-hire, assault, and fraud? Or is that what competitors would like you to think?READ»

China's Crime-Fighting Microblog Gets Celebrity Support

Jet Li joins the fight to rescue child street beggars.READ»

$39 Billion Mobile Phone Scam Threatens to Destabilize Indian Government

In the biggest government scandal in years, Indian politicians are accused of taking kickbacks to sell $39 billion worth of mobile phone bandwidth licenses at bargain-basement prices.READ»

Crime-Fighting Technology Spots Lingering Arsonists in the Crowd

Using "face tracks" to catch criminals.READ»

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The Criminal Face of Facebook, Twitter: Stock Fraud and Spam Tools

"Crime expands to fill the space available" should be a well-known epithet: Evidence it's true is revealed in news that social networking phenomenas Facebook and Twitter were used in a classic stock fraud trick.READ»

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IBM's Predictive Analytics Gets Stripes

Zebra stripes that is. The software now serves the animal community.READ»

Crime Rates Fell Despite Recession - But Why?

A criminological puzzle.READ»

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How Microsoft Can Make Sure It's Not Russia's Tool

Vladimir Putin's government has been hitting protesters with phony software piracy charges -- and Microsoft's legal team lent a hand. Here's the software giant's side of the story.READ»

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BitTorrent Raid Aftermath: The Seas of Piracy Are Calm Again

Three days after a huge international BitTorrent raid, we take a look around, and find that the pirate system is still (mostly) standing.READ»

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Massive International BitTorrent Raid: Where Will We Download Mad Men Now?

The Pirate Bay. BTJunkie. Mediafire. All these sites are down or struggling today, after a 14-nation police force raided a Swedish hosting center and a Czech university. It's one of the biggest crackdowns ever, but that doesn't mean pirates are out of options.READ»

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The Government Can Now Track You, Sans Warrant, Via GPS

The word "Orwellian" gets tossed around a lot, which is unfortunate, because it takes power away from the things that actually are terrifyingly Orwellian--like this.READ»

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WikiLeaks's Julian Assange Accused [Update: Then Cleared] of Rape, Calls It "Dirty Trick"

WikiLeaks founder, Julian Assange, had an arrest warrant issued against him in Sweden, based on a rape accusation. But it was withdrawn within 24 hours. A molestation accusation still stands. Is it a conspiracy?READ»

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Webcam-Spying Pennsylvania High School Avoids Federal Charges

Remember that Lower Merion, PA high school's webcam spying scandal? Well, federal prosecutors have decided not to file any criminal charges against the school. That's not to say they'll escape scot-free, though.READ»

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Apple Manager Fired, Indicted for Million-Dollar Kickback Scheme

An Apple employee has been both indicted by a federal grand jury and hit with a civil suit from Apple itself for a scheme in which he accepted more than $1 million for passing confidential information to other companies.READ»

Google, Verizon Call New York Times's Net Neutrality Report "Quite Simply Wrong"

The New York Times's report on alleged anti-net-neutrality negotiations between Google and Verizon was shocking. And now Google, Verizon, and just about everyone else in the tech world have responded.READ»

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Connecticut AG Investigating Anti-Competitive E-Book Pricing at Amazon, Apple

Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal announced an investigation into possible anti-competitive pricing schemes between Amazon and Apple. READ»