The Centre for investigative Reporting (CIR), based in Berkeley, California, was founded in 1977 and describesitselfas "the nation's oldestnon-profitinvestigativenewsorganisation".
Action Fraud, the national reportingcentre for fraud and internet crimes, said it had received more than 46, 000 complaints over the past 12 months from members of the public across the UK about "cyber-enabled crime".