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...Mexicans have come to see police corruption and complicity in crime as a way of life. Last week, an entire family was found murdered in Jalisco, in what state authorities say was a botched kidnapping involving a policeman serving in an anti-kidnapping unit. Says Alejandro Gertz Manero, Dean of the University of the Americas and a former attorney general, "There is a collusion of the criminals with the police, and what is the worst is that there is impunity - 99% of the cases go unsolved. So there is only a 1% chance of being caught, and even then, probably...
...divided again into uniformed and nonuniformed officers. "It sometimes can be detrimental to some of our responses when we work within these portfolios," says Dann. "Terrorists are actually engaged in serious criminality as well. So there is that crossover that takes place and there's often debate around which unit is responsible." It's also hard to set priorities. Former cop Paddick observes: "The police need to remain focused on what they're supposed to be there for, which is about making London safer...
...real Indiana Jones movies, but deftly executed nonetheless). The terracotta warriors, once they are revived, move with the balletic precision of armored Rockettes. There's a decent chase scene through Shanghai streets with Art Deco buildings draped in chinoiserie. The whole production is handsome, and the second-unit work first-rate. Finally Li and Yeoh have their big face-off, and the movie rekindles old Hong Kong glories while offering some new ones...
After the court hearing, McKinnon admitted his hacking activities had been "very misguided" and said he would have gladly settled for a U.K. trial, but the fact he didn't get one might have a simpler explanation than transatlantic collusion. In 2006, the U.K.'s National Hi-Tech Crime Unit - the one that arrested McKinnon in 2002 - was disbanded. Though there is pressure to rebuild a specialist e-crimes unit, mostly prompted by the soaring cost of cyber fraud, the U.K. government has so far failed to come up with funding. In short, says Jordan, "they don't take this...
...justice. "The fight against high-level corruption and organized crime is not producing results," the Commission said in its report. "Corruption and fraud is affecting the delivery of E.U. financial assistance ... A clear strategy to cleanse the system is needed." A separate report by the Commission's anti-fraud unit, OLAF, accused a crime group of defrauding the E.U. of aid even as Bulgarian authorities looked...