A national campaign has been launched to warn UK investors they risk falling victim to thousands of pounds worth of fraud if they fail to take simple steps to check who they’re investing with. The campaign, led by Action Fraud, the national fraud and internet crime reporting centre estimates that…

An international conference in Rome is to bring together the directors of prison administrations and probation services of the 47 Council of Europe member States to consider issues around foreign prisoners. Management of imprisoned foreigners poses a problem whose severity varies between countries. The Council of Europe 2010 statistics indicate…

  The EU Drugs Agency’s (EMCDDA) Annual Report for 2012 has highlighted a variety of measures that are being developed by countries to reduce the demand for, and supply of, new drugs. This includes legislative and enforcement changes. The report reveals that Europe is faced with an increasingly complex stimulant…

The Special Immigration Appeals Commission (SIAC) has allowed Mohammed Othman’s (Abu Qatada) appeal against the Home Secretary’s decision to refuse to revoke the deportation order against him. Mr Othman had taken his case to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) after unsuccessfully challenging the Home Secretary’s decision to deport…

Scotland’s Chief Statistician has published information on crimes of homicide as recorded by the police in Scotland in 2011-12. The main findings are: In 2011-12, there were 88 homicide cases recorded by the police in Scotland, a decrease of 11% compared to 2010-11. The 88 homicide cases recorded in…

The Lord Advocate has reported on the success of the Offensive Behaviour at Football and Threatening Communications (Scotland) Act 2012. The Act came into force on 1st March 2012 and created a new criminal offence of “offensive behaviour at regulated football matches,” which criminalises offensive or threatening behaviour in relation…

The Supreme Court has reaffirmed, in a unanimous decision, the importance of the ancient common law writ of habeas corpus, human rights organisation JUSTICE has announced. The English case involved Mr Rahmatullah, who was captured by UK forces in Iraq and handed over to US forces in 2004, in accordance…

Scotland’s Chief Statistician has published Domestic Abuse Recorded by the Police in Scotland, 2010-11 and 2011-12. The publication presents key statistics on the number of incidents of domestic abuse recorded by police forces in Scotland. The main findings include: There were 59,847 incidents of domestic abuse recorded by the…

A new evidence based report examining the experiences and treatment of children and young people who died in prison custody in England and Wales has been published by INQUEST and the Prison Reform Trust. The report highlights that over the past ten years, 200 children and young people aged 24…

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