'Shaming' of Criminals Infringes Human Rights

Evening Standard - London › November 11, 2008

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BRITAIN'S elite crime-fighting force has been barred from naming and shaming some of the country's most serious criminals because it could infringe their human rights.

Leaders of the Serious Organised Crime Agency which was set up two years ago to tackle drug gangs, people traffickers and other racketeers wanted to publicise details of convicted criminals to make it harder for them to reoffend and to alert the public.

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'Shaming' of Criminals Infringes Human Rights

The plan was abandoned, however, after the agency's lawyers advised that it would breach the convicts' right to a family and private...

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