Ireland launches phone fraud crackdown
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In an effort to stop scams that cause unwitting Internet users to be charged premium rates for calls placed by software surreptitiously installed on their PCs, Ireland is going to block outgoing calls to 13 countries.
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Italy bans he use of illegally tapped phone conversations after a vast phone tapping network is uncovered.
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BEIJING, Aug. 17 (Xinhuanet) -- China is carrying out a nationwide campaign to crack down on &quot;phone sex&quot; services, paralleling another sweeping operation against Internet pornography, Minister of Information Industry Wang Xudong said here Tuesday.
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WASHINGTON, Oct 5  - More than 135 people have been arrested in an international crackdown on fraudulent telemarketing operations that may have netted hundreds of millions of dollars from unwary victims, US Attorney General John Ashcroft said Tuesday
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Greece's agency for information security on Thursday imposed a EU76m (&pound;51.2m, $100.5m) fine on Vodafone's Greek operation for failing to prevent the illegal tapping of more than 100 mobile phones, including one used by Costas Karamanlis, prime minister.
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DUBLIN, Ireland  - Ireland has become the first country to cut off direct-dialled calls to entire countries in a bid to crack down on Internet-based fraud.
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"Officers of the state security department and the Defence Ministry's special unit carried out an anti-terrorist operation which was aimed at preventing the purchase of illegal arms and explosives"  Two Irish citizens have been arrested in Lithuania on suspicion of trying to buy a large amount of firearms and explosives. via Eircom.net News
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More than 150 individuals have been arrested or convicted in a US-wide crackdown on internet fraud and abuse, according to an announcement from Attorney General John Ashcroft on Thursday.
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A mobile phone service which makes your handset scream when it's been stolen was launched in Britain, with its makers claiming it could spell the end of mobile theft altogether.
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CALLS for an all-Ireland mobile phone tariff were made yesterday after plans to slash cross-border roaming charges by up to 70 per cent were backed by EU ministers.   Millions of mobile phone users across 27 member states will benefit from the new rules adopted by the EU Telecoms Council.
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A mobile phone service which makes your handset scream when it's been stolen has been launched, with its makers claiming it could spell the end of mobile theft altogether.
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The Supreme Court of India urges the government to crack down on unsolicited telemarketing calls and text messages to mobile phones.
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Dublin - Ireland will block direct dial telephone calls to 13 countries, most of them South Pacific islands, in an effort to crack down on growing Internet scams, the country&#39;s communications regulator said on Tuesday.
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A UK firm is hoping a mobile phones   security system it has developed which sets off a high pitch   scream, permanently locks the handset and wipes all data if   stolen, will halt the spiraling rise in phone theft.
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Home secretary unveils a 'zero-tolerance' crackdown on anti-social behaviour, burglary and drug abuse.
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A new system which will emit an alarm and wipe information from stolen mobile phones is being  made available.
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THE REPUBLIC of Ireland is to block direct dial telephone calls to 13 countries in an effort to crack down on growing internet scams.