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APRI White Collar Crime Program

The American Prosecutors Research Institute provides training and technical assistance to prosecute white collar crimes with a focus on protecting elderly victims.

http://www.ndaa.org/apri/programs/senior_fraud/wcc_home.html

Bennett Blum, M.D.

Offers information for cases involving undue influence, coercion, mental capacity and competency, dementia, elder or financial abuse. Includes forensic and geriatric psychiatry models.

http://www.bennettblummd.com/

California Community Partnership for the Prevention of Financial Abuse

CCPPFA guidelines for preventing and reporting financial elder abuse, resources for financial institutions, posters and brochures.

http://www.bewiseonline.org/

Graand

Free Classified Ads Portal

www.graand.com

Challenges in Combating Predatory Lending

This 2004 report from the U.S. General Accounting Office highlights that the elderly are disproportionately victims of predatory lending. [PDF]

http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d04280.pdf

Elder Abuse - California, Los Angeles District Attorney's Office

Features the Elder Abuse Unit. How to recognize and prevent elder abuse. Warning signs, avoiding false friends, secret loan, caretaker fraud, telemarketing fraud, fraudulent charities, real estate fraud and other types of fraud.

http://da.co.la.ca.us/seniors/

Elderly People and the Law - Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Transcript of 2003 The Law Report radio broadcast exploring the potential pitfalls surrounding family agreements and powers of attorney.

http://www.abc.net.au/rn/talks/8.30/lawrpt/stories/s936042.htm

Fighting Fraud Against Older Consumers

Explains how seniors can protect themselves by knowing how to identify fraudulent sales pitches.

http://www.fraud.org/elderfraud/eldset.htm

Financial Crimes Against the Elderly

The U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Community Oriented Policing Services, offers this comprehensive 88-page problem-oriented guide in PDF format.

http://www.cops.usdoj.gov/mime/open.pdf?Item=963

Investor Fraud Study

This 2006 report from the NASD Investor Education Foundation investigates strategies used by con criminals to defraud older persons. [PDF]

http://www.nasdfoundation.org/WISE_Investor_Fraud_Study_Final_Report.pdf

NASAA Investor Education and Tips

From the North American Securities Administrators Association, this guide includes the top 10 investment scams, and how older Americans can avoid investment fraud and abuse.

http://www.nasaa.org/NASAA_Newsroom/News_Release_Archive/1757.cfm

National Association of Bunco Investigators (NABI)

Non-profit organization of law enforcement and security investigators focusing on transient criminal groups and elderly victims.

http://www.nabihq.org/

Older People and Consumer Fraud

The Australian Institute of Criminology shares the results of an extensive survey of seniors' criminal victimization and vulnerability to acts of consumer fraud. [PDF]

http://www.aic.gov.au/conferences/outlook4/Graycar2.pdf

Protecting Senior Texans from Financial Exploitation

The Texas Attorney General offers this online training tool using video clips to illustrate various financial abuse scenarios in a bank setting and provides illustrations of appropriate interventions.

http://www.oag.state.tx.us/elder/tellers.shtml

SCAMNOT

Describes ongoing scams against seniors and includes an email alert feature.

http://www.scamnot.org/

Seniors Against Investment Fraud - SAIF

Statewide outreach campaign under the California Department of Corporations to alert and educate seniors about investment and telemarketing fraud crimes.

http://www.corp.ca.gov/saif/saif.htm

Telemarketing Fraud - PhoneBusters

Offers fraud prevention advice and collects telemarketing complaints throughout Canada working in partnership with other law enforcement agencies.

http://www.phonebusters.com/

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The RAF flies the flag in Iraq and Afghanistan

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Woman dies in fall from mountain

A woman dies and her husband and daughter are seriously injured in a 200ft fall from a mountain ridge in the Lake District.

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Tens of thousands of people are told to boil their drinking water after increased levels of bacteria are found in supplies.

news.bbc.co.uk

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At least 20 people in Bihar, India, die when their boat capsizes, amid floods that have stranded hundreds of thousands.

news.bbc.co.uk

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'The Barracuda'

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news.bbc.co.uk

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Links between childhood trauma and violence

news.bbc.co.uk

Cuba punk rocker spared jail term

Outspoken Cuban punk rocker Gorki Aguila is cleared of 'social dangerousness' but fined for playing music too loud

news.bbc.co.uk

Cuba braces for deadly hurricane

Mass evacuations are under way in Cuba hours before Hurricane Gustav is due to blow in after sowing chaos in the Caribbean.

news.bbc.co.uk

Three questioned after drugs raid

Three men are arrested after police seize suspected cannabis plants during a property search in north Antrim.

news.bbc.co.uk

New giant clam species discovered in Red Sea

Scientists have discovered the first new living species of giant clam in the Red Sea in over two decades.

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Thai PM Samak refuses to resign

Thailand's Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej says he will not resign, despite mounting anti-government protests.

news.bbc.co.uk

Dozens injured in Sri Lanka blast

A large explosion has struck Sri Lanka's capital, Colombo, with the military saying that dozens have been injured.

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Arctic melt

North Pole kayak trip to highlight global warming

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Chancellor Alistair Darling says he stands by his comments warning that the UK is facing the worst economic crisis in 60 years.

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Census data reveals that some 100,000 young men have left Australia, leading to a serious "man-drought" in many areas.

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The former mayor of London Ken Livingstone rejects claims that Sir Ian Blair is guilty of racial discrimination.

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Two bodies are recovered from the burnt-out home of a millionaire and his family in Shropshire.

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Everton host Portsmouth and Blackburn travel to West Ham in the Premier League, with Arsenal hosting Newcastle later.

news.bbc.co.uk

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news.bbc.co.uk

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news.bbc.co.uk

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