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"Threat Environment" Rising Faster, Pacific Island Nations At Risk Of Becoming Footholds: UN
Pacific Island nations are at risk of becoming bases for global criminal gangs, a report by the United Nations drug authority said on Friday, as criminal activity surges across the isolated and economically vulnerable region.
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Delhi Police's Economic Offences Wing merged with Crime Branch
The Economic Offences Wing of the Delhi Police has been merged with the Crime Branch unit of the force, an official order said on Tuesday.
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Transnational Crime Booming Across South East Asia: United Nations
Transnational crime is booming in Southeast Asia, the UN warned today, aided by rapid regional economic integration and patchy cross-border police work.
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Sikh-American Appointed Top Prosecutor In US County
A Sikh-American attorney has been appointed as the top prosecutor in the most populous county in New Jersey, becoming the first South Asian to occupy the post in the state.
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3 Delhi Police Applications to be Launched
Delhi Police Commissioner B S Bassi today said three upcoming mobile-based applications for reporting economic offences, crime against women and cases of petty thefts will be launched in a month's time.
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India Elected to Four Key Subsidiary Bodies of the United Nations' Agency on Economic and Social Issues
India has been elected to four key subsidiary bodies of the United Nations' agency on economic and social issues, continuing its impressive record of winning elections at the world body.
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GlaxoSmithKline routed bribes through travel agencies, says China police
Four senior Chinese executives from GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) had been detained, said Gao Feng, head of the economic crimes investigation unit at the Ministry of Public Security.
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US bill would deny visas, freeze assets of hackers
A group of lawmakers proposed legislation Thursday that would deny US entry and freeze the assets of foreign nationals involved in hacking or cyber crimes targeting the United States.
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Full text of Jayalalithaa's letter to the Prime Minister
In one of her strongest protests to the Centre over the presence and training of Lankan defence officers in Tamil Nadu, Chief Minister Jayalalithaa has accused the UPA government of showing "utter disrespect to the sentiments of the people of Tamil Nadu". Please find the full text of Jayalalithaa's to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh: "You may recal...
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Crime one of the world's 'Top 20 Economies': UN
Crime generates an estimated $2.1 trillion in global annual proceeds - or 3.6 percent of the world's gross domestic product - and the problem may be growing, a senior United Nations official said on Monday. "It makes the criminal business one of the largest economies in the world, one of the top 20 economies," said Yury Fedotov, head of the U.N. Of...
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World Economic Forum Davos 2012: Calls for global action against cybercrime emerge
"Many countries don't have laws to criminalise cyber crime, they don't have means and tools to investigate, to share information," said Yury Fedotov, who heads the United Nations office on drugs and crime.
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"Threat Environment" Rising Faster, Pacific Island Nations At Risk Of Becoming Footholds: UN
Pacific Island nations are at risk of becoming bases for global criminal gangs, a report by the United Nations drug authority said on Friday, as criminal activity surges across the isolated and economically vulnerable region.
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Delhi Police's Economic Offences Wing merged with Crime Branch
The Economic Offences Wing of the Delhi Police has been merged with the Crime Branch unit of the force, an official order said on Tuesday.
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Transnational Crime Booming Across South East Asia: United Nations
Transnational crime is booming in Southeast Asia, the UN warned today, aided by rapid regional economic integration and patchy cross-border police work.
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Sikh-American Appointed Top Prosecutor In US County
A Sikh-American attorney has been appointed as the top prosecutor in the most populous county in New Jersey, becoming the first South Asian to occupy the post in the state.
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3 Delhi Police Applications to be Launched
Delhi Police Commissioner B S Bassi today said three upcoming mobile-based applications for reporting economic offences, crime against women and cases of petty thefts will be launched in a month's time.
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India Elected to Four Key Subsidiary Bodies of the United Nations' Agency on Economic and Social Issues
India has been elected to four key subsidiary bodies of the United Nations' agency on economic and social issues, continuing its impressive record of winning elections at the world body.
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GlaxoSmithKline routed bribes through travel agencies, says China police
Four senior Chinese executives from GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) had been detained, said Gao Feng, head of the economic crimes investigation unit at the Ministry of Public Security.
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US bill would deny visas, freeze assets of hackers
A group of lawmakers proposed legislation Thursday that would deny US entry and freeze the assets of foreign nationals involved in hacking or cyber crimes targeting the United States.
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Full text of Jayalalithaa's letter to the Prime Minister
In one of her strongest protests to the Centre over the presence and training of Lankan defence officers in Tamil Nadu, Chief Minister Jayalalithaa has accused the UPA government of showing "utter disrespect to the sentiments of the people of Tamil Nadu". Please find the full text of Jayalalithaa's to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh: "You may recal...
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Crime one of the world's 'Top 20 Economies': UN
Crime generates an estimated $2.1 trillion in global annual proceeds - or 3.6 percent of the world's gross domestic product - and the problem may be growing, a senior United Nations official said on Monday. "It makes the criminal business one of the largest economies in the world, one of the top 20 economies," said Yury Fedotov, head of the U.N. Of...
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World Economic Forum Davos 2012: Calls for global action against cybercrime emerge
"Many countries don't have laws to criminalise cyber crime, they don't have means and tools to investigate, to share information," said Yury Fedotov, who heads the United Nations office on drugs and crime.
