ASSISTANCE FOR MUTUAL BENEFITS

[Owen Lewis]

We are agreed then that NCIS incorporates the UK national interface with
Interpol. We may also agree that, in the case of Nigerian Scams which are
truly international in their scope, Interpol might be the appropriate
coordinating body for countermeasure operations, rather than any other
coordinating group of limited regional or single-issue scope.

The only one of these where I ever got into any of the detail involved five
countries: two West African, two European and the RSA. The operation was
seemingly run out of Africa, the target was in the UK and Belgium (Antwerp,
AIR) was designated as the place where the deal was to be done and
(doubtless) money should have changed hands. The target on that occasion was
a UK company which was to make its services available in what was ostensibly
a large money laundering exercise, with the target's 'cut' being taken by
way of 'payment for services rendered' payable 100% up front on a sizeable
10 year contract which no one would ever check to see was fulfilled.

However, I think the point is that NCIS may 'play host' to whosoever it
likes but there is no evidence that it (or anyone else) is spending the
required effort to close these scams down.

ObCrypto:
After the fashion of all the best MPs, I should now declare a personal
interest. In 1992, after writing a series of articles on crypto and its then
current and future application outside of govt control, I was invited to
Spring Gardens for a 'little chat'. But I left the premises uncorrupted;
even then a cup of cold coffee didn't buy too much :-)

Owen


> -----Original Message-----
> From: ukcrypto-admin@chiark.greenend.org.uk
> [mailto:ukcrypto-admin@chiark.greenend.org.uk]On Behalf Of Roland Perry
> Sent: 31 July 2001 14:56
> To: ukcrypto@chiark.greenend.org.uk
> Subject: Re: ASSISTANCE FOR MUTUAL BENEFITS
>
>
> In message <FMEFLOMOCGIMKOKKKLFIIEOJCBAA.oml@eloka.demon.co.uk>, Owen
> Lewis <oml@eloka.demon.co.uk> writes
> >You mean that they are the national interface for the exchange
> of criminal
> >intelligence? AIR Interpol is the coordinating body.
>
> Interpol is not a one-stop-shop. There's also Europol and plenty of
> direct links between national police forces.
>
> "The International Division incorporates the UK National Central Bureau
> of Interpol, the UK Europol National Unit, the UK European Drug Liaison
> Officer network and plays host to foreign liaison officers."
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