Police break illegal software ring
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Greek and British police in a joint operation have cracked a multi-million illegal software sales ring, arresting two people and seizing thousands of pirate high-tech software programs, Greek police say.
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Industry group will offer a free program to help users find and eliminate illegal files.
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Continuing its crackdown on software pirates, German police arrested a 46-year-old lawyer, two brothers, and a teenager on Thursday for allegedly selling illegal software, movies, games, and music through a commercial online service, according to the German Federation Against Copyright Theft (GVU).
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In what is being called the largest global crackdown ever conducted, the US Department of Justice&#39;s &quot;Operation Web Snare&quot; has led to over 100 arrests.
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A police sweep across 35 countries has smashed a giant international Internet paedophile ring and targeted over 700 suspects, a British law enforcement agency said Monday.
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Polish police have broken up a gang of more than 100 hackers who sold pirated music and films, using academic computer systems around the world.
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A 20-year-old man has been arrested in England in the theft of the proprietary software blueprints used by Cisco Systems Inc.&#39;s networking equipment, police and the company confirmed Friday.
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A 20-year-old man has been arrested in England in the theft of the proprietary software blueprints used by Cisco Systems Inc.'s networking equipment, police and the company confirmed.
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TEN men, including a Cheshire businessman, have been arrested by Customs officers investigating a suspected pounds 250m "carousel" VAT fraud.   They are believed to be part of a sophisticated network of companies that "carouselled" large quantities of mobile phones.
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WASHINGTON The Justice Department has announced that more than 150 people have been arrested, charged or convicted in the past three months in a crackdown on criminal activity on the Internet.
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A multimillion-euro software piracy ring has been broken following synchronized raids in Athens and London yesterday, Attica police said.
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Police in the north-east of England and Amsterdam close an international source of illegally-downloaded music.
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German police have broken up an Internet piracy operation they say had peddled millions of dollars worth of bootleg films, computer games, music and software through a Web site.
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Metropolitan police arrest 18 people suspected of being part of Â£100m cocaine ring
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The US Justice Department&#39;s crackdown on cyber crime has brought to light illegal activities, including credit-card fraud, to the tune of over US $215 million and resulted in dozens of arrests, a senior official said in Washington.
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Police smashed a global Internet pedophile ring, rescuing 31 children and rounding up more than 700 suspects worldwide, authorities said Monday.
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A decision Monday by the German Federal High Court renders it illegal in that country -â for now -â for police and intelligence services to use clandestine tools such as Trojan horse routines, or what would normally be categorized as malware, for use in surveillance on federal suspects.  But that ruling could actually launch a new law that makes such surveillance viable.