, SecurityFocus 2002-12-16
A 14-year veteran of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) who fled to Mexico to avoid federal computer crime charges was sentenced in a federal court in Los Angeles on Monday to 27 months in prison for selling information on private citizens he plundered from sensitive law enforcement databases.
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A Royal Comission is a specially set up inquiry by the govt that has the power to compel witnesses to answer questions - they cannot refuse. Their answers however cannot be used against them for prosecution.
The Commission found that not only was the NSW Police Force hopelessly corrupt and bigger crims than the criminals themseleves, that sale of data from police confidential databases was rampant with the insurance industry hiring PI's to bribe cops to get info on people with insurance claims. When this was revealed the insurance companies said they were shocked, shocked, that the PI's did that and said they never asked them to and they wouldn't hire them again.
America is no different I reckon from NSW. Police forces tend to be corrupt
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