뉴욕 유수의 미술품 경매장을 포함한 구매자들을 사취한 혐의를 받은 부녀가 법정에서 사과했습니다. 뉴저지의 한 부녀는 Andy Warhol, Banksy, Pablo Picasso 등 유명 예술가들의 위조품을 화랑과 경매장이 구매하도록 속이기 위해 수년 동안 위조 공모를 운영한 사실에 대해 유죄를 인정했습니다. 연방 검찰은 Erwin Bankowski(50세)와 Karolina Bankowska(26세)가 Poland의 한 예술가에게 최소 200점의 위조품 제작을 의뢰했으며, 결과적으로 구매자들로부터 최소 200만 달러를 편취했다고 밝혔습니다. Continue reading...
• 새로운 소매 범죄법이 시행됨에 따라, 일련의 조치들이 작년 매장 내 범죄율을 5분의 1 수준으로 낮추는 데 기여했습니다.
• Co-op은 소매 범죄에 대한 최신 단속 조치의 일환으로 주류, 세탁 세제 등 도난이 빈번한 품목에 보이지 않는 "포렌식 스프레이(forensic spray)"를 비밀리에 표시하여 추적하고 있습니다.
• 이 식료품점은 작년부터 Manchester와 London에서 테스트를 거친 뒤, 도난품이 어디서 재판매되는지 확인하여 경찰에 신고할 수 있는 이 기술을 전국적으로 확대 적용할 예정입니다.
Exclusive: State government commits to strengthening laws as Higgins labels Albanese government’s response to women’s safety issues ‘disheartening’Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe Victorian government will strengthen laws regarding the use of victim-survivors’ confidential communications after a push by advocates including Brittany Higgins, who described her experience of having counselling records subpoenaed as a “violation”.In an interview with Guardian Australia, Higgins was also critical of the federal government’s lack of action following a sweeping review into the justice system’s responses to sexual violence, saying it had “completely fallen off the agenda”.Information and support for anyone affected by rape or sexual abuse issues is available from the following organisations. In Australia, support is available at 1800Respect (1800 737 732). In the UK, Rape Crisis offers support on 0808 500 2222. In the US, Rainn offers support on 800-656-4673. Other international helplines can be found at ibiblio.org/rcip/internl.html Continue reading...
Expert said federal law bars officials from taking actions in their jobs that benefit their own financial interestsA high-profile US defense department official who oversees the agency’s artificial intelligence efforts made a profit of up to $24m selling a private investment he held in Elon Musk’s AI company earlier this year, according to government ethics records released this month. The value of his stake totaled a maximum of a million dollars when he joined the department.Emil Michael, who is the Pentagon’s under secretary for research and engineering under the Trump administration, oversees negotiations with AI companies and has been pushing the defense department to rapidly increase the widespread use of AI. Continue reading...
Government must ‘come down very hard’ on online trade in knives and weapons, says policing and crime minister Sarah JonesChildren are setting up online businesses selling knives in the same way they trade clothes, the policing and crime minister Sarah Jones has said.Jones heard how children as young as 12 were buying and selling the weapons on the internet and social media at the opening of the new National Knife Crime Centre in Bloomsbury, central London, on Thursday. Continue reading...
Laurence Gray charged with attempting to provide material support to terrorist organizations An Arizona licensed gun dealer was charged this month with attempting to provide material support to terrorist organizations after federal agents caught him allegedly selling a series of rifles and guns to two Mexican cartels.The federal charges against the American firearms dealer come amid years of pressure by the Mexican government to stop the flow of weapons into the country. Mexico’s violent and bloody internal conflict, between drug cartels and the Mexican government, has been largely fueled by American weapons smuggled into the country. Continue reading...
Cables underneath New York City are teeming with entangled quantum particles of light thanks to Qunnect, a company that has spent a decade working on building an unhackable quantum internet