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Over the summer with the trouble experienced in the Carling Cup football match there is currently a appeal to help identify 66 individuals who are wanted for violent disorder.  The violent scenes broke out during the west ham versus Millwall match on Tuesday 25th August at Upton Park.  During the chaos a Millwall fan was stabbed in the chest outside the ground.  The Metropolitan Police have set up a group of officers called ‘Operation Balconi’ to investigate the violence that took place and catch the individuals under.  The police are also looking for 77 individuals who invaded the pitch throughout the game who will receive a life time ban from attending the matches.

To prevent Newham and Hounslow residents help prevent their money being used by fraud gangs they are being urged to use registered money bureaus when transferring money aboard.  Some unregistered foreign exchange bureaus illegally launder money to fun crime which includes terrorism, people smuggling, weapons and drug cultivation.  During the time of Eid, Navaratri and Birth of the Blessed Mary it’s particularly busy with people transferring money aboard to families or charities.   Crime stoppers are currently appealing to residents to be vigilant and pass on any information on individuals whom they think are funding the crime.  People can pass the information on anonymously.

Phishing is when random emails are sent to individuals or businesses pretending to be from a genuine company or bank.  This is normally done in a attempt to try and get customers to disclose their personal account information. When following the link on the mail it’s generally pointed to a bogus website which customers believe is a real site however all data entered is captured instantly by the criminals.  This can then be used for fraudulent purposes.  Commonly these emails claim that there is a need to update personal information held by the business.  To avoid being subjected to this kind of crime you need to be weary of the site where this email has come from even if it looks legit.

In Scunthorpe estate a £15000 ring of steel fences and gates have been set up around in an attempt and hope to reduce anti-social behaviour.  It was installed by landlords of North Lincolnshire Homes are concerns were raised by residents over noise levels late at night.  All the residents of the estate have keys to the gates which enable them to gain access to their homes.  As a aftermath they have said the fences are helping combat the problems.  One of the residents said that prior to the gates they used to have unto 150 youths in the estate late in the night drinking and doing drugs.

Academic linguistics is the study and description of analogue patterns and how we use descriptions and language across a variety of contexts.  Forensics use the knowledge in areas such as police interviews, courtrooms or writings that become part of an investigation.  In some cases if there is already a suspect police use and compare writings of the individual against the incriminating documents.  After this they need to try suspect who wrote them.  In more recent cases these include analyses of terrorist conspiracy documents, fraudulent suicide notes and threatening emails.  In cases where there isn’t a suspect the police analyse the notes and try and find out what kind of character the suspect has.

The Black Police Association (BPA) Cymru was launched, the chief constable David Morris said Wales had achieved its targets.  The nation has 78 black and ethnic minority officers and there’s concern that more needs to be done and the lack of recruitment in the recession would hit numbers.  It’s essential that these officers get the support to work and that more is done to in terms of recruitment and gain trust.    The constable also said that during times of recession black and ethnic minority numbers fall and efforts need to continue in order to help numbers rise as opposed to fall.

A delay has been caused to the government and forced them to delay the publication of a series of criminal justice statistics.  The cause was the failings of two Whitehall IT systems which were delivered late and millions of pounds over budget.  The ministry of justice announced yesterday that instead of next month, annual sentencing figures will now be published next year.  For 2008 Publication of the Criminal Statistics showed how many people went through the court systems including cautions, on – the spot fines and motoring offences.  The data quality issue behind the delay was due to minor offences and how they are recorded on Libra – another IT system designed for the magistrate’s course which was too delayed by 7 years and cost 3 times more than expected.