Police May Soon Conduct ‘Random Text Checks’
I don’t know about you, but to me the word ‘Textalyzer’ conjures up intimidating images of Arnold Schwarzenegger at his menacing best in ‘The Terminator’. In New York, road safety authorities are hoping that drivers who text will feel the...
11-Year Old Makes Burglar ‘Cry Like a Baby’
11-year old Chris Gaither was just hanging around at home with his dogs, when he heard a strange noise coming from upstairs. The quick thinking boy grabbed a knife and went to investigate, only to see an armed intruder coming...
Love 146 and HAART Kenya: Freeing Children from Sexual Slavery
Love 146 “We found ourselves standing shoulder to shoulder with predators in a small room, looking at little girls through a pane of glass. All of the girls wore red dresses with a number pinned to their front for identification....
Beware, Police Are Watching!
Reports that American police officers have been using fake Facebook profiles to track activists, whistle blowers and suspected criminals have raised privacy concerns closer to home. According to Tec.Mic, Police departments across the United States are using false Facebook accounts,...
60 Minutes Wasn’t Thinking About the Kids
During the afternoon of the 6th April, ABC online published a story about the 60 Minutes crew being detained in Lebanon while filming a story. The news article reported that foreign affairs minister Julie Bishop was, at the time, seeking...
The Wealthy and Powerful Getting Away with Tax Fraud
In case you missed it, a leak of data from Panama-based law firm Mossack Fonseca has allegedly exposed wealthy individuals, including public officials, hiding their money in offshore companies to avoid tax. The ‘Panama papers’ contain information about more than...
Woman Raises Funds to Investigate Own Rape
Only two weeks ago, 25 year old South Australian primary school teacher Airdre Mattner created a crowdfunding campaign, relying on the kindness of strangers to help investigate her claim that she was drugged and raped while holidaying in Korea last...
FBI Cracks Apple’s Encryption
In case you missed it, Apple has been embroiled in a legal battle with the United States Justice Department, who wanted the computer giant’s assistance to unlock an iPhone belonging to one of the gunmen involved in a terrorist attack...
Murder of Criminal Lawyer: Is the Mob Responsible?
The murder of a prominent criminal lawyer in Melbourne’ed down outside his Brunswick gelato shop last week, police reporting that a senior mafia figure was responsible for the ‘targetes inner north has raised concerns over the power of the Calabrian...
Transgender Inmates at Greater Risk of Abuse
Transgender inmates detained in US immigration facilities are at high risk of being sexually assaulted, repeatedly strip-searched and held indefinitely in solitary confinement, according to a study released last Wednesday by the advocacy group Human Rights Watch. The 68-page report,...
