Plans to electronically tag burglars, robbers and thieves will see just 1,500 crooks monitored

Plans to electronically tag burglars, robbers and thieves will see just 1,500 crooks monitored – despite 1.5 million offences last year Plans to electronically tag serious burglars will see just 1,500 crooks monitored The flagship scheme was announced byPrime Minister Boris Johnson last week Sources said scheme would apply to criminals sentenced to 12 months … Read more

Carbon credit crooks convicted – thanks to our own Tony Hetherington

Two members of criminal network that sold near-worthless carbon credits as investments convicted of fraudulent trading, thanks to Tony Hetherington By Financial Mail on Sunday Reporter Published: 21:50 BST, 15 May 2021 | Updated: 21:50 BST, 15 May 2021 Two members of a huge criminal network that sold near-worthless carbon credits as investments have been … Read more

Albanian crooks suspected of murder protected by crime syndicates as a safe haven to evade justice 

Revealed: Albanian crooks suspected of murder, drug-trafficking and armed robbery are holed up in the UK and protected by crime syndicates as a safe haven to evade justice Albanian criminal suspects are using UK to evade justice using crime syndicates Experts say fugitives use people-smuggling routes to cross the Channel to enter  MPs say problem demonstrates … Read more

Albanian crooks suspected of murder protected by crime syndicates as a safe haven to evade justice 

Revealed: Albanian crooks suspected of murder, drug-trafficking and armed robbery are holed up in the UK and protected by crime syndicates as a safe haven to evade justice Albanian criminal suspects are using UK to evade justice using crime syndicates Experts say fugitives use people-smuggling routes to cross the Channel to enter  MPs say problem demonstrates … Read more

CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews last night’s TV: More bent coppers than crooks 

CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews last night’s TV: The bad old days when we had more bent coppers than crooks By Christopher Stevens for the Daily Mail Published: 02:12 BST, 15 April 2021 | Updated: 02:16 BST, 15 April 2021 Bent Coppers: Crossing The Line Of Duty  Rating: There is no one more shocked by life’s injustice … Read more

ASK TONY: Crooks stole £4,000 from my daughter but Halifax won’t help 

My daughter was targeted by fraudsters in November last year. She has learning difficulties as a result of contracting meningitis as a baby, and was born with part of her arm missing. While she strives to be independent, at 34 she is immature and vulnerable for her age. She had received a text message that … Read more

Proof Google makes it easy for crooks: We set up scam website for £95

Don’t let your money go to waste! Interest rates are at record lows, it’s definitely best to invest.’ So says the website best2invest.co.uk. For those with extra cash languishing in savings accounts, it’s sound advice, so far. But it goes on. ‘We will find the top-performing bonds that show a return of up to 9.5 … Read more

How to keep your shed and ‘shoffice’ safe from crooks

Keep your outbuilding safe from crooks: £30m-worth of gear has been nicked from garages and ‘shoffices’ in the last three years – so here’s eight tips to get secure Over 70,000 outbuilding thefts reported in England and Wales since 2018 Spike in sheds and the ‘shoffice’ during lockdown has exacerbated problem  Take some simple steps and … Read more

Cyber crooks targeting more victims but stealing small sums of cash to avoid detection, report warns

Sneaky cyber crooks are targeting more victims but stealing smaller sums of cash to avoid detection, report warns Online thieves are taking as little as £10 from thousands of accounts unnoticed Method dubbed ‘silent stealing’ and involves fewer risks than large amounts The UK has reached ‘epidemic levels’ with estimate cost at £190billion a year  By … Read more

Cyber crooks targeting more victims but stealing small sums of cash to avoid detection, report warns

Sneaky cyber crooks are targeting more victims but stealing smaller sums of cash to avoid detection, report warns Online thieves are taking as little as £10 from thousands of accounts unnoticed Method dubbed ‘silent stealing’ and involves fewer risks than large amounts The UK has reached ‘epidemic levels’ with estimate cost at £190billion a year  By … Read more