How Is a Controlled Explosion Carried Out?

Ever wondered how police and armed forces carry out a controlled explosion of a suspect device? The BBC reveals all - Click on the following link for details:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/6265598.stm#graphic

The Airport Laptop Theft Scam – How to Avoid It

Next to cash and mobile phones, laptops are probably now the most desirable items for thieves, as they combines high value, portability and a ready market with no-questions-asked buyers.

A typical scam at airports is for thieves, working in pairs, to cause a distraction at a security checkpoint (x-ray and arch) by setting off the metal detector just after an unsuspecting traveller has placed his/her bag on the conveyor, but immediately before he tries to walk into the arch. His transit is delayed, by which time an accomplice thief has stolen the laptop from the “air side” of the conveyor.

For precise details on how the scam works go to:

http://www.uniglobeisland.co.uk/site/viewhome.asp?aid=988&sit=87&vty=ARTICLE

New Fraud Act Promises Up To Ten Years in Prison

New anti-fraud legislation, The Fraud Act 2006, has come into force in England and Wales. The new law aims to close a number of loopholes in preceding anti-fraud legislation, which the UK Government said was unsuited to modern fraud.

Until now there has been no single, general fraud law in English law, but an untidy mess of eight specific statutory crimes, such as 'obtaining property by deception,' and a vague common law offence of 'conspiracy to defraud'.

The Fraud Act introduces a general offence of fraud which can be committed by false representation, by failing to disclose information or by abuse of position. The offence carries a maximum sentence of 10 years' imprisonment.

The new act will be one of the topics under discussion during the forthcoming Fraud Risk Reduction and Detection Course, 16-18 July 2007.

Over 100 ARC Course Delegates Now Working Towards Security MSc

Fourteen delegates from six different countries and a diverse range of business sectors have gathered in the tranquil riverside location of Streatley-on-Thames to undertake a two-week programme in advanced security management.

The Security Management Stage 2 (Advanced Skills) programme, as well as being a “stand-alone” course in its own right, constitutes one of six modules that comprise the Middlesex University work-based learning studies MSc in Corporate Security Management.

In a world in which there is a growing need for management-level employees to demonstrate higher educational level professional credentials, the ARC Training “SM” range of courses presents a very practical route to achieve a Masters degree, under the guidance and mentorship of ARC trainers.

There are now over 100 delegates actively working towards their security MSc with ARC.

Book Now for Dubai Strategic Security Management Course, 22-26 July 2007

Bookings are still being taken for the Dubai one-week Strategic Security Management Course, 22-26 July 2007. There is still time to book your place on this one-week condensed course, which will take place at Madinat Jumeira, the Arabian Resort in Dubai, 22-26 July 2007.

The course syllabus includes the following subjects:

- Corporate Risk Management
- Creating a Strategic Vision for Corporate Security & Strategic Planning
- Business Leadership
- Kidnap Risk Reduction & Detection
- Change Management
- IT Security – the Next Five Years
- Terrorism – Future Trends & Responses
- Managing the Risk of Counterfeiting
- Product Tampering & Extortion

For more information click below to contact ARC’s Gulf agent, Precept Management Consultancy.

http://www.preceptmanagement.com/

CV Cheats in High Places

The threat from ‘insider’ crime by your own employees can be far more damaging than that from the outside. Your company’s property, money and information can all be taken illegally and if you haven’t carried out the required background checks and screening of potential employees, you are asking for trouble.

The Times newspaper in London recently highlighted the case of a chief executive for a multinational hospitality company who had fabricated qualifications on his CV and once discovered, was compelled to resign. Whilst in this case there was no suggestion that he acted illegally, it does illustrate the fact that simple checks do need to be carried out to ensure that the correct person is recruited for the correct job.

Background checks and screening will form part of the programme for the Security Management Stage 1 (Core Skills) Course to take place between 30 July and 10 August 2007.

http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/leisure/article1930584.ece

If Crime Doesn’t Pay, Then Britain Must Be Poor!

The law-abiding majority in Britain is a myth, according to a new survey, which finds most of us have indulged in some sort of petty crime.

Test your ethics with four everyday dilemmas for some low-level profiteering by following this link:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/6238090.stm