Web a Tool to Snare Offenders: Area Police Agencies Mull Task Force.
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By Greg Miller, Columbia Daily Tribune, Mo.  Sep. 23--Sabrina McDonnell knew that online crime was bad before Internet scoundrels flooded inboxes with phony e-mails trolling for First National Bank & Trust Co. account information.
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U.S. Internet users should expect a growing number of prosecutions for sending spam and related activities, such as creating botnets, officials with two U.S. law enforcement organizations said Thursday.
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US Department of Justice said law-enforcement agencies have arrested or convicted more than 150 individuals in a broad initiative against cybercrime.
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Local police are promoting a new software program designed to help parents track what their children see and who they talk to over the Internet.
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Young people who are believed to be at risk of becoming offenders will be targeted in a new police initiative.
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A government strategy to move public perception of crime into line with falling figures is due to be launched.
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CAMAS, Wash. - Police and school officials in Camas are using a computer game to teach students about Internet predators. Beginning this month, all sixth graders in the school district will spend a day using
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CAMAS, Wash. -- Police and school officials in the Camas district are using a computer program to teach students about Internet predators and the online dangers of kidnapping, sex abuse and child pornography.
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By Tony Rizzo, The Kansas City Star, Mo.  Jun. 16--The Missouri Highway Patrol is sifting through 178 names provided by MySpace to determine how many are among the state's registered sex offenders.
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Residents wanting to meet their neighbors are doing so electronically through the Web site MeetTheNeighbors.org.
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Officials will use thousands of police from across the country, new screening technology and a large military contingent.
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Officials in two states proposed unusual plans Monday to tighten oversight of convicted sex offenders: Virginia's attorney general wants them to register their e-mail addresses and online IDs, and New York officials want them to take lie-detector tests.
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By Joe Walker, The Paducah Sun, Ky.  Mar. 14-- -- A task force recruiting a 1,000-job spent nuclear fuel recycling plant is using a new Web site, speakers' bureau, community meetings and 65,000 color fact sheets to take its case to the public.
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ARE SHELBY COUNTY RESIDENTS fed up enough with crime to consider a dramatically different solution to the problem?  At this point, they should be.
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By Victoria Advocate, Texas  Jun. 15--Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott initiated the first  large-scale blitz in the nation on sex offenders who have infiltrated the  popular social Web site, MySpace.com.
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A security organization has suggested police use key-logging software to track communications between terrorists.
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The action, dubbed Operation Web Snare, entailed more than 160 investigations over a three month period between June and August. Investigators say they have identified more than 150,000 victims with estimated losses of more than $215 million.