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Brexit Poses Challenges to Cross-Border Crime Co-operation
A new paper has highlighted the possible “complex and far-reaching” challenges that Scotland’s police and prosecutors could be presented with when tackling cross-border crime after Brexit. Ongoing Co-operation is Essential The paper, Scotland’s Place in Europe: Security, Judicial Co-operation and Law Enforcement, is the latest in a series looking at… Read more ...Warning Over Risks Associated With Acting as a Money Mule
Anti-fraud body Financial Fraud Action UK has issued a warning on the risks associated with acting as a money mule for fraudsters after a 26-year-old man was sentenced to a 12-month community order and 280 hours of unpaid work. He was found to have willingly allowed his bank accounts to… Read more ...Posting Naked Image While Drunk Does Justify Sex Offender Status
Highest criminal court overturns sentence on indecent image and clarifies the law on ‘sexting’ Read more ...Sacking Teacher For Not Telling School About Friend's Conviction Was Correct
Supreme Court says school was entitled to expect female Head to disclose indecency case of man she was close to. Read more ...Criminal Law Firm of the Year in Scotland – 2018
Beltrami & Company are delighted to announce that we have won Global Law Experts' Criminal Law Firm of the Year in Scotland award for 2018. The award was judged based on client testimonials, key cases, legal rankings, overall reputation, publicatoin contributions, speaking engagements and the performance and standing of teams… Read more ...Professional regulator was wrong to oppose appeal
Sheriff rules that medical reasons should excuse late court application. A Social worker who was struck off should be allowed to appeal the finding where he could show that he had been affected by depression and anxiety, in a ruling against the Scottish Social Services Council. The Sheriff at Dundee… Read more ...Employee says he was let go after problems with diabetes led to questions about his drinking.
A payroll manager who claims he was dismissed after comments were made about his appearance has been allowed to expand his case at the Employment Tribunal in Glasgow. M was acting for himself when he originally brought a claim of unfair dismissal and constructive dismissal against the small business where… Read more ...NCA Identifies Key Crime Threats Facing the UK
The National Crime Agency (NCA) recently published its National Strategic Assessment (NSA) for 2018, which contains an analysis of serious and organised crime threats facing the country. Rise in Organised Crime The assessment claims that the scale and complexity of organised crime continues to grow despite notable operational successes, and… Read more ...Cyber Crime Website Shut Down Following International Operation
An international law enforcement operation, led by the National Crime Agency (NCA) and the Dutch National Police, has led to the shutdown of a website linked to more than four million cyber attacks across the globe, including attacks targeting some of the UK’s biggest banks. Authorities in five countries including… Read more ...More From Our News Archive
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