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Jared Kushner Used WhatsApp for White House Business

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Jared Kushner Used WhatsApp for White House Business

By Emily Dreyfuss

Cyber criminals are targeting HR departments to steal your salary

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Cyber criminals are targeting HR departments to steal your salary

By Katia Moskvitch

Why it's so hard to blame a rise in UK knife crime on police cuts

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Why it's so hard to blame a rise in UK knife crime on police cuts

By Will Bedingfield

How the internet made it easier for all of us to be criminals, or victims

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How the internet made it easier for all of us to be criminals, or victims

By Julia Shaw

More than 100,000 images and videos of child sexual abuse were removed from the web in 2018

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More than 100,000 images and videos of child sexual abuse were removed from the web in 2018

By James Temperton

Police use of AI is on the rise – but transparency isn't keeping up

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Police use of AI is on the rise – but transparency isn't keeping up

By Tom Gash

Why the UK is losing its costly battle against money laundering

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Why the UK is losing its costly battle against money laundering

By Chris Stokel-Walker

Why people can't accept the Croydon cat killer was fiction

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Why people can't accept the Croydon cat killer was fiction

By Chris Baraniuk

Stop and search doesn't work against violent crime. Here's why

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Stop and search doesn't work against violent crime. Here's why

By Ben Bradford and Matteo Tiratelli

How police super-recognisers cracked the Russian novichok case

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How police super-recognisers cracked the Russian novichok case

By João Medeiros

Why didn't airport security catch the Salisbury novichok suspects?

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Why didn't airport security catch the Salisbury novichok suspects?

By Matt Burgess

Targeting big tech on child sexual abuse is picking the wrong fight

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Targeting big tech on child sexual abuse is picking the wrong fight

By Thomas McMullan

Stab, shoot and slash: inside the lab testing UK police body armour

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Stab, shoot and slash: inside the lab testing UK police body armour

By Matt Reynolds

After Birmingham, here's how we can redesign our broken prisons

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After Birmingham, here's how we can redesign our broken prisons

By Gian M. Volpicelli

British police are on the brink of a totally avoidable cybercrime crisis

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British police are on the brink of a totally avoidable cybercrime crisis

By Carl Miller

In international waters, satellites detect signs of secret crimes

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In international waters, satellites detect signs of secret crimes

By Richard Priday

The £10 million ring of steel hiding Trump from London's protesters

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The £10 million ring of steel hiding Trump from London's protesters

By Matt Burgess

The science behind why novichok isn't a huge public health risk

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The science behind why novichok isn't a huge public health risk

By Matt Burgess

Russian scammers are pumping out fake hotel and restaurant reviews ahead of the World Cup

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Russian scammers are pumping out fake hotel and restaurant reviews ahead of the World Cup

By Yulia Mineeva

Check the drains! How a multi-million pound police operation will protect the royal wedding

Policing

Check the drains! How a multi-million pound police operation will protect the royal wedding

By Matt Burgess