Internet providers take the issue very seriously, and say they work closely with the police to investigate any form of cyber crime.

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And hits a snag, in the form of Alexei, a crime boss straight out of central casting (black shirt, white tie, dark glasses and driving an outsize jeep with tinted windows).

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This, however, will come in the form of a series of amendments to the Crime and Courts Bill, a piece of legislation that will set up a new national crime agency, reform tribunals and establish a new drug driving law.

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But there is one form that would cut crime with the tick of a box.

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This documentation will form a permanent record of the incident, and will aid in crime scene reconstruction.

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The paradigm shifts in crime and terrorism call for a shift to a more open and participatory form of law enforcement.

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Last month it said that soccer faces real threats in the form of corruption and match-fixing and it is important that FIFA be involved in the fight against organized crime.

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Most Western countries ban it: in Britain, where around 66, 000 women have undergone some form of cutting and some 33, 000 girls are thought to be at risk, it is also a crime to take a British resident abroad in order to cut her.

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FIFA, the sport's global ruling body, said in January that soccer faced real threats in the form of corruption and match-fixing. and that it is important that it be involved in the fight against organized crime.

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