On a Roll: Somali pirates hijack another cargo ship
| Nov 25, 2008 Crime
» Crime » Middle East, Terrorism
Somali pirates are at it again and have hijacked a Yemeni ship loaded with steel in the
Gulf of Aden, officials said on Tuesday, a day after local sources said the gang holding a Saudi supertanker were demanding a $15 million ransom.
Somali Pirates say.. 'Bring it on'
| Nov 22, 2008 Crime
» Crime » Crime, Middle East
SOMALI pirates holding an oil-laden Saudi supertanker say they will fight back if there is any military intervention to free the ship.
"I hope the owner of the tanker is wise enough and won't allow any military option because that would be disastrous for everybody. We are here to defend the tanker if attacked," Abdiyare Moalim said.
Real-time 'Live" acts of piracy, pirate hijack map
| Nov 21, 2008 Crime
Want to know where you're most likely to have your yacht hijacked by pirates this year and where NOT to sail your ship or yacht? Now you can.., With the help of the International Maritime Bureau's "live piracy map," This Google map shows quick, real-time details of all the piracy and armed robbery incidents reported to the IMB Piracy Reporting Centre during 2008 on the Earth's high seas. Map Link » icc-ccs.org [iframe http://www.icc-ccs.org/index.php?option=com_fabrik&view=visualization&controller=visualization.googlemap&Itemid=89 550 550] ░ ABOUT Somalian Pirates » ...Often dressed in military fatigues, pirates travel in open skiffs with outboard engines, working with larger ships that tow them far out to sea. They use satellite navigational and communications equipment and an intimate knowledge of local waters, clambering aboard commercial vessels with ladders and grappling hooks. They are typically armed with automatic weapons, anti-tank rocket launchers and grenades — weaponry that is readily available throughout Somalia. Source » AP via Yahoo News
Web-hosting site closed down: spam drops 50 percent WORLDWIDE
| Nov 20, 2008 Crime
» Crime » American, Cybercrime, Hi-Tech
[Excerpts] The volume of junk e-mail sent worldwide dropped drastically today after a Web hosting firm identified by the computer security community as a major host of organizations allegedly engaged in spam activity was taken offline, according to security firms that monitor spam distribution online. Two contracted ISPs stopped providing Web-hosting firm McColo with Internet access, which immediately quieted several major botnets responsible for almost half of all delivered spam.Learning how and why this was done is worth your time. “We shut them down. We looked into it a bit, saw the size and scope of the problem the Washingtonpost.com was reporting and said ‘Holy cow!’ Within the hour we had terminated all of our connections to them.” "It's a little bit like a landlord who owns a building and sees people coming in and out of the apartment complex constantly at all hours and not suspecting their may be drug activity going on ," Brian Krebs’ » Washington Post Technical Article » TechRepublic.com
Pirates open talks over their $100 million oil haul... demand $10m ransom
| Nov 19, 2008 Crime
» Crime
Hijacked supertanker anchors off Somali coast as pirates open talks over their $100m oil haul... and demand a $10m ransom
Negotiations over the Sirius Star, packed with two million barrels of crude oil worth $100million (£67m) - enough to supply the whole of France for a day - were said still not to have opened formally.
Pirates fire on Her Majestys warships.. 'Epic Fail'
| Nov 13, 2008 Crime
» Crime » Epic Fail, Terrorism
BAD IDEA
Pirates caught redhanded by one of Her Majesty's warships after trying to hijack a cargo ship off Somalia made the grave mistake of opening fire on two Royal Navy assault craft packed with commandos armed with machine guns and SA80 rifles.
Property manager on fraud charges - Ray White Baldwin Property Management
| Nov 7, 2008 Crime
» Crime » Gold Coast, Real Estate
A GOLD Coast property manager has been charged with six counts of fraud after an audit of a Southport real estate firm allegedly found nearly $1 million worth of unapproved transactions.
Michael John Baldwin, 52, of Ray White Baldwin Property Management, was arrested at Broadbeach and charged on Wednesday and released on bail.
He has 30 years' experience in property, the past 11 on the Gold Coast, including ownership of five real estate businesses, say police. Mr Baldwin also operates the Loan Market in Southport.
Full Story » The Gold Coast Bulletin
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