The Beat Non-‘Accra’-dited US Embassy A fake US embassy in Ghana which operated for about a decade has been shut down. The US State Department confirmed raids in Accra in which 150 passports from 10 …
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The Beat Jakarta unrest Violence erupted in Jakarta last Friday night resulting in one death (from asthma-related complications) and dozens injured as police attempted to control mass protests. A 150,000 strong rally took to the …
The Beat Where there’s smoke, there’s crime CID Gallup, a Latin American public opinion and market research company, has just released a report detailing an alarming surge in the illicit tobacco trade worldwide (PDF). The …
The Beat It’s all about that face Georgetown University’s Center on Privacy & Technology recently released an investigatory report (PDF) on the growing use of facial recognition systems in law enforcement. Among the key findings …
The Beat Rampant mortgage fraud in Oz A new UBS survey has revealed the extent of ‘systemic’ mortgage fraud across Australia. Of the 1,228 recent homebuyers surveyed, 28% admitted to misrepresenting information on their mortgage …