Lost Discs Are a Criminal's Dream

Daily Mail (November 21, 2007)

Author: David Williams

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THE information on the missing discs is a criminal's dream, according to a senior detective.

'If you are a thief, a fraudster, a blackmailer, a human trafficker or a terrorist, the details contained on these discs would provide you with what you need,' said the officer, a 20- year specialist in fraud and identity theft.

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Lost Discs Are a Criminal's Dream

'We desperately have to hope that it doesn't fall into the wrong hands. It is not only the financial details there to be abused but information on every parent from politicans to showbusiness people, sporting stars to members of the military the implications are terrifying.'

HM Revenue and Customs continues to believe the discs will be found within government buildings and stresses they are proregistered by passwords but officers ...

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