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| Sep 30, 2026 | CENTRAL LONDON ALLIANCE BREAKS WORLD RECORDS™ TITLE FOR MOST PEOPLE PERFORMING CPR IN ONE HOUR | London, 23 September 2026 – Central London Alliance has broken a new GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS™ for the most people performing CPR in one hour.
The achievement, held at Tower Suites by Blue Orchid Hospitality property – the lead sponsors of th... |
| Jun 15, 2026 | Tech Week proves London can build the future | London Tech Week isn’t just about celebrating innovation, it’s a showcase for London’s competitive advantages, says Chris Hayward
London Tech Week has become far more than a diary fixture for the technology industry. It is an opportunity to... |
| Jun 11, 2026 | Mark Kleinman: BP might do well to plug credibility gap with Soames | Mark Kleinman is Sky News’ City Editor and the man who gets the Square Mile talking in his City AM column
Now that the dust has begun to settle on Albert Manifold’s ousting as BP chairman, the mutual recriminations between the company and i... |
| Feb 11, 2026 | The chimp paradox and City wellbeing: managing your emotional brain at work | In the City of London, we are proud to be home to world‑leading institutions, ambitious businesses, and a diverse workforce. But behind every thriving organisation are people who need the space, support, and tools to thrive.
As Town Clerk a... |
| Feb 2, 2026 | The City is leading the charge against fraud | Fraud now accounting for 44 per cent of all UK crime, but the City is fighting back, says Chris Hayward
Last week marked a generational milestone for policing – and one we must get right.
In publishing her long-awaited White Paper, home sec... |
| Jan 13, 2026 | Don’t believe what Sadiq Khan is telling you about crime in London | Sadiq Khan has said that London is safe but he is wrong. Crimes are going unreported and Londoners have lost all faith in the Met Police, says Dr Lawrence Newport
Yesterday, Sadiq Khan and Sir Mark Rowley argued that the facts show London i... |
| Jan 5, 2026 | London’s future will be determined by choices, not rhetoric | 2026 will be the year the City moves from post-Brexit design to delivery, says Chris Hayward
As the new year begins, London’s position as a leading global financial centre is often framed in binary terms: rise or decline. That is no bad thi... |
| Oct 21, 2025 | UK Banks Pressed to Act as Romance Scams Cost Victims £100m | Image: Envato
Banks and payment providers in the UK are being urged to step up their fight against the “vicious crime” of romance fraud.
The nation’s financial watchdog says they’ve missed chances to help victims “break the spell” of these ... |
| Oct 14, 2025 | Legal & General’s City of London office hit with suspected vandalism | The Legal & General headquarters in the City of London has been hit with an apparent act of vandalism this morning.
Workers heading to the office of the financial services giant, which sits in the heart of the City, witnessed security g... |
| Sep 19, 2025 | Scattered Spider Hackers Charged in Connection With Transport for London Attack | Image: Media_photos/Envato
UK law enforcement arrested two people in connection with the infamous Scattered Spider cybercriminal ring, which allegedly hacked the Transport for London government body. One of the alleged threat actors has als... |
| Sep 11, 2025 | Digital Forensics in Crisis as UK Police Struggle with Surge | Forensic experts are warning that the UK’s digital forensics system is at breaking point, with growing backlogs, staff shortages, and outdated technology leaving thousands of crimes at risk of going unsolved.
Over the past decade, every pol... |
| Sep 10, 2025 | City of London Police chair: Fraud is ‘damaging the foundations of our nation’ | The chair of the City of London Police Authority Board has warned that fraud is “damaging the foundations of our nation” and the UK must treat it with the same urgency as street crime.
Speaking at the Police Authority Board dinner on Wednes... |
| Jul 7, 2025 | Fraud is the UK’s biggest economic threat | Of all the economic threats we must confront, none is so widespread as fraud, which is why the City of London is taking action, writes Chris Hayward
Economic security is, quite simply, the foundation upon which the rest of our economy is bu... |
| Jun 17, 2025 | UK Victims Lost £106M in Romance Scams Last Year | More than £106 million was lost to romance fraud in the UK last year, and the number of victims continues to rise, according to new data from the City of London Police.
The National Fraud Intelligence Bureau’s data reveals a disturbing 9% i... |
| Jun 11, 2025 | New Agreement Signed for Cycle Response Unit | The City of London Police (COLP) and the St John Ambulance London Cycle Response Unit (SJA CRU) have strengthened their long-standing collaboration with a new partnership agreement, funded by the Eastern City Business Improvement District (... |
| Jun 4, 2025 | Phone Marking Sessions Helping Combat Mobile Theft | Five City Business Improvement Districts and City Business Partnership have partnered with the City of London Police to run free phone marking events to help combat the increase in mobile phone theft.
To make stolen phones traceable and str... |
| May 15, 2025 | The Clash of Capital: Vandalism and Social Investment in the UK Banking Sector | In the heart of London, a storm brews. The City, a financial titan, is grappling with a wave of unrest. Recently, JP Morgan’s office became a canvas for dissent. Smashed windows and splashes of red paint marked a brutal act of vandalism. Th... |
| May 14, 2025 | Exclusive: JP Morgan’s City of London office vandalised | JP Morgan’s London office was left in ruin on Wednesday morning after a brutal act of vandalism.
Victoria Enbankment staff were met with smashed windows and an assault of red paint across building walls upon reaching their office.
Security ... |
| May 10, 2024 | From Lloyds Bank to UK Finance, here’s who’s paying for the City of London Police | A series of funding deals between private entities and City of London Police to help fight fraud highlights the ongoing funding pressures faced by the police force, experts have said.
City of London Police received more than £13m a year for... |
| May 7, 2024 | IP House Debuts to Offer Comprehensive Intellectual Property Protection Capabilities With a Global Footprint | .
Company formed by industry veterans to support organizations in proactively combatting IP crime
NEW YORK, May 7, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Veteran intellectual property (IP) protection executives Steve Francis and Jan van Voorn, today an... |
| Mar 18, 2024 | A student persuaded by his friend to get his legs amputated for a $1.3 million insurance scam wound up getting only $7,200 that he now has to return: prosecutors | Law A student persuaded by his friend to get his legs amputated for a $1.3 million insurance scam wound up getting only $7,200 that he now has to return: prosecutors
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| May 6, 2023 | UK Police Applaud Five-Year Jail Sentence for ‘Fugitive’ IPTV Reseller | Offering piracy-related services is a serious offense in the UK for which several vendors have received multi-year prison sentences in recent years.
These sentences are typically announced by copyright holders or the police, as a deterrent ... |
| Feb 4, 2023 | Pirate Bay Proxy Defeats Police’s GitHub Takedown with DMCA Counternotice | Various courts around the world have come to the conclusion that The Pirate Bay is a copyright-infringing website.
As a result, Internet providers in dozens of countries are required to block access to the site. This works well, but blockin... |
| Nov 14, 2022 | Pirate TV Box & Kodi Wizard Seller Who Made £2.3m Gets 30 Months in Prison | Starting in the early part of the last decade, large numbers of technically-minded individuals began selling piracy-configured set-top boxes to the public.
Unlike many of their cohorts running torrent and streaming websites, many pirate box... |
| Apr 4, 2022 | Lapsus$: Two teenagers released on bail after court appearance | The pair, aged 16 and 17 and who cannot be named due to their age, appeared at Highbury Corner Magistrates Court in London, and were granted bail subject to certain conditions.
Michael O'Sullivan, a detective inspector with the City of Lond... |
| Apr 1, 2022 | UK police charge 2 teenagers in connection with Lapsus$ hacks | Just a week after arresting seven individuals as part of its investigation into a series of cyberattacks conducted by the Lapsus$ hacking group, U.K. authorities have charged two teenagers with multiple cyber offenses.
In a statement on Fri... |
| Aug 24, 2021 | Protecting residents, workers, visitors, and businesses in the famous “Square Mile” is the mission for the City of London Police | The Greater London area is a sprawling metropolis, with a population of more than 14 million. But the City of London itself is just 1.12 square miles with about 8,000 residents. Known as the “Square Mile,” the City is London’s primary busin... |
| Mar 25, 2021 | City Of London Police Parrot Academic Publishers' Line That People Visiting Sci-Hub Should Be Afraid, Very Afraid | Techdirt has been following the saga of the City of London Police’s special “Intellectual Property Crime Unit” (PIPCU) since it was formed back in 2013. It has not been an uplifting story. PIPCU seems to regard itself as Hollywood’s private... |
| Mar 25, 2021 | City Of London Police Parrot Academic Publishers' Line That People Visiting Sci-Hub Should Be Afraid, Very Afraid | Techdirt has been following the saga of the City of London Police's special "Intellectual Property Crime Unit" (PIPCU) since it was formed back in 2013. It has not been an uplifting story. PIPCU seems to regard itself as Hollywood... |
| Mar 22, 2021 | UK Police Warn Students Not to Use Sci-Hub But Publishers ‘Promote’ It | By offering free access to millions of ‘paywalled’ research papers, Sci-Hub is often described as “The Pirate Bay of Science”.
The site is used by researchers and students from all over the world, to obtain papers they would otherwise have ... |
| Dec 21, 2020 | UK Police Threaten YouTube Ripper With Potential Criminal Action | For most police departments, online piracy has no priority, but the City of London Police have made copyright infringement one of their main targets.
In September 2013, the department founded the Police Intellectual Property Crime Unit (PIP... |
| Dec 14, 2020 | City of London Police look to reunite stolen bikes with owners | City of London Police have launched a stolen bike gallery to reunite stolen bicycles with their owners. |
| Sep 8, 2020 | Stream-Rippers, IPTV and Cryptocurrency Flagged as Growing Piracy Threats | Last week the UK Government’s Intellectual Property Office published its annual IP Crime and Enforcement Report.
The report provides an overview of the latest anti-piracy achievements of copyright holders and also signals emerging threats.
... |
| Sep 25, 2018 | Millions Lost to Computer Software Service Fraud | Action Fraud has launched a campaign to inform consumers about one of the most common types of fraud – computer software service fraud.
Figures show that this type of fraud is one of the country’s most reported top five frauds. In 2017/18, ... |
| Jan 21, 2017 | UK Police Threats Fail to ‘Impress’ Pirate Site Operator | For most police departments, online piracy has no priority, but in recent years City of London Police have made copyright infringement one of their main targets.
In September 2013, the Police Intellectual Property Crime Unit (PIPCU) was fou... |
| Oct 19, 2016 | UK economy loses almost £11 billion to cyber crime each year | The UK economy lost £10.9 billion as a result of online fraud and cyber crime last year, according to new research, which works out at about £210 for every person aged over 16 in the country.
The figures come from a survey by Get Safe Onlin... |
| Aug 25, 2015 | UK Police ‘Hijack’ Ads on 251 Pirate Sites | Over the past two years City of London Police’s PIPCU unit has been working with the music and movie industries to target sites that provide unauthorized access to copyrighted content.
Under the banner “Operation Creative”, last year they s... |
| Dec 1, 2014 | UK National Counter-Terrorism Awareness Week Included an Event on Protecting Your Fertilizer From Terrorists | It's a grey morning on a farm in Lincolnshire, a county some 140 miles north of London. The farm can't be named for security reasons. The press release that the selected attendees are given has been approved by the British Home Office.
Last... |
| Oct 19, 2014 | Sports Streaming Site Hides Itself From The UK Piracy Police | Over the past few months City of London Police have been working together with copyright holders to take on sites that provide or link to pirated content.
The Police Intellectual Property Crime Unit (PIPCU) uses a variety of measures to ach... |
| Oct 4, 2014 | Police Seize Domain of Frombar Sports Streaming Site | Over the past few months City of London Police have been working together with copyright holders to topple sites that provide or link to pirated content.
Police began by sending warning letters to site owners, asking them to go legit or shu... |
| Sep 11, 2014 | UK Police Shut Down MP3 Search Engine MP3Juices | Over the past few months City of London Police have been working together with copyright holders to topple sites that provide or link to pirated content.
The police started by sending warning letters to site owners, asking them to go legit ... |
| Aug 30, 2014 | UK Police Accuse Domain Name Registrar of Facilitating Criminal Activity | Over the past year City of London Police have been working together with the music and movie industries to tackle sites that provide unauthorized access to copyrighted content.
“Operation Creative” began with the sending of warning letters ... |
| Aug 6, 2014 | UK Police Take Down Proxy Service Over Piracy Concerns | Since last year City of London Police have been working together with copyright holders to topple sites that provide or link to pirated content.
The police started by sending warning letters to site owners, asking them to go legit or shut d... |
| Jul 29, 2014 | UK Police Replacing Ads On Piracy Sites With Warnings | UK police have started replacing ads on websites that provide access to pirated or copyright infringing material with warnings to web users that the site is on a watch list — and a call for them to close the browser page in question.
The in... |
| May 26, 2014 | Torrentz.eu Domain Suspended After UK Police Request | Over the past few months City of London Police have been working together with copyright holders to topple sites that provide or link to pirated content.
The police started by sending warning letters to site owners, asking them to go legit ... |
| May 26, 2014 | U.K. police try (and fail) to shut down largest torrent search engine on the Web | The copyright crusade continues: U.K. police today suspended the domain name of Torrentz.eu, a massive search engine for torrent files.
The successful suspension, TorrentFreak reports, resulted from a few warning letters sent by the U.K.’s ... |
| Apr 28, 2014 | UK Police Suspend 2,500 “Counterfeit” Domain Names | Over the past few months City of London Police have been working together with copyright holders to topple sites that provide pirated or counterfeit content.
The police started by sending warning letters to site owners, asking them to go le... |
| Mar 31, 2014 | UK Police Launch Pirate Site Blacklist for Advertisers | Over the past few months City of London Police have been working together with the music and movie industries to tackle sites that provide unauthorized access to copyrighted content.
Initially the police only sent warning letters to site ow... |
| Oct 10, 2013 | ExtraTorrent Threatens Legal Action Over Police-Ordered Domain Seizure | Yesterday it became apparent that the newly-founded Intellectual Property Crime Unit of the City of London Police had deepened its campaign against some of the world’s largest torrent sites.
The unit has been in operation for some time, but... |
| Mar 4, 2011 | New music industry plan: halt flow of money to pirate music sites | reader comments 78 with 47 posters participating
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The international music trade group IFPI has found a way to shut down, it hopes, piratical iTunes-style websites operating ... |
| PIPCU Uses UK IPO’s ‘Surplus Millions’ to Wage War on IPTV Pirates | The latest wave of the UK government’s Copyright Infringement Tracker study was expected a year ago. There’s still no indication when it will arrive, or even if it will arrive at all, a shame considering interest generated by previous repor... |
| Police ‘Infringing Website List’ Portal Set For a £220K Makeover | The “Infringing Website List” (IWL) was launched in March 2014 as part of the Police Intellectual Property Crime Unit’s (PIPCU) efforts to combat intellectual property crime.
The IWL is a component of Operation Creative, a multi-agency init... |
| Правоохранительные органы Великобритании предъявили обвинения двум участникам хакерской группы LAPSU$ | В начале апреля 2022 года правоохранительные органы Великобритании предъявили обвинения двум участникам хакерской группы LAPSU$. Это два подростка шестнадцати и семнадцати лет. Им были предъявлены обвинения в возможном сотрудничестве с хаке... |
| Pirate IPTV Man Back to Serve 5 Years Prison as Crimes Seem to Get Worse | With almost no exceptions, people criminally prosecuted in the UK for serious pirate IPTV offenses say that it’s an absolutely horrendous experience.
The process drags on forever, often gets worse as it does so, and due to the Proceeds of C... |