Police across 12 European countries and the US and Australia have arrested 178 people believed to be linked to a network producing fake credit cards in an international scam worth more than £17 million. Read the full story...

The number of victims of the “hidden crime” of card fraud has leapt by 40 per cent in a year to more than 2.4 million people.

Credit and debit card fraud, which cost the banks £440 million last year, is rising fast at a time when figures for other types of crime indicate that the feared recession crimewave has failed to materialise.

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Insurer Legal & General warns that users of social networking sites are posting personal details like their address online - and then updating the sites with details of when they are holiday.  Read the full PDF report.