Police say 42-day detention plan is unworkable – The Times

Posted June 6th, 2008 in detention, news, police, terrorism by sally

“The plan to detain terror suspects for 42 days has become so convoluted and bureaucratic that police fear it will be almost unworkable, senior sources have told The Times.”

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The Times, 6th June 2008

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Multimillion-pound metal fraudster Virendra Rastogi jailed – The Times

Posted June 6th, 2008 in fraud, news, sentencing by sally

“For six years Virendra Rastogi posed as the highly successful and respectable chief executive of a multibillion-pound metal trading company. His home was in Mayfair, a short chauffeur-driven trip from his offices in Piccadilly, his children were at private school and his customers were dotted around the world. But all was not quite as it appeared. The business, backed by banks in Britain and the United States, was ‘propped up by dishonesty’, the customers were Rastogi’s accomplices and his customers’ addresses included a New Jersey launderette and a cowshed in India.”

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The Times, 6th June 2008

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Barclays bank rejects customers to comply with US terror law – The Times

Posted June 6th, 2008 in banking, news, terrorism by sally

“Barclays is using controversial American anti-terrorism laws to shut down the personal bank accounts of British citizens who are working for Iranian-owned businesses …”

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The Times, 6th June 2008

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