Crimestoppers launches anonymous service in Scottish prisons
 For the first time, Scottish prisoners are able to call the charity Crimestoppers with information about crime in complete anonymity. Telephone calls that prisoners usually make are routinely monitored by the prison service, but an added pin number to the Crimestoppers number 0800 555 111 ensures that calls are not able to be monitored, traced or recorded. Due to knowledge that the prison population is likely to have about crime, Crimestoppers wanted to offer the same guarantee of anonymity to prisoners as it does to the general public, to encourage them to pass on information they may have about crime.Read more about Crimestoppers in Scottish prisons
Nottinghamshire Crimestoppers launches youth project to battle knife crime
 The Nottingham regional board of Crimestoppers are bringing the charity's youth brand, Shadow CS, to the city's youngsters in a bid to deter them from the knife crime culture that has claimed so many lives across the country. School pupils aged 13-16 from all over Nottingham attended the launch event at Nottingham's Galleries of Justice and learned about the law around knife crime and what young people can expect if they are found carrying a knife.Read more about Nottinghamshire Crimestoppers' youth project
Capgemini Sailing Challenge raises £185,000 for Crimestoppers
 Last month saw 23 boats sail around the Isle of Wight, all taking part in the Capgemini Sailing Challenge in aid of Crimestoppers. The event included 20 of the UK's police forces and was a resounding success, raising over £185,000 for the charity - the single biggest amount ever raised from a corporate event run in aid of the charity.Read more about the Capgemini Sailing Challenge success
Crimestoppers has been working in partnership with the CEOP (Child Exploitation and Online Protection) Centre, with appeals for missing convicted sex offenders on Most Wanted. This has resulted in 11 arrests out of a possible 15 since November 2006
View current CEOP Most Wanted appeals
Narratives of the perverse - the crimes we can't understand
 When it was discovered this year that Josef Fritzl imprisoned and raped his daughter in the cellar of his house for 24 years, the world was in shock. Similarly, the British public couldn't believe it when GP Harold Shipman was exposed ten years ago, after he murdered an estimated 250 of the patients in his care. Stefan Kiesbye examines how such atrocities happened in the communities we thought of as 'normal', and how we deal with such crimes that are outside of human comprehension.
Read the full article by Stefan Kiesbye
Crimestoppers annual review
 Crimestoppers' annual review for 2007-08 is now available. Download an accessible version from Crimestoppers' website, or contact Crimestoppers' press office for more information.
Download Crimestoppers annual review 2007-08
 Most Wanted
Most Wanted appeals currently on Crimestoppers' website:
 Farouk Abdulhak is wanted in connection with the murder of Martine Vik-Magnussen, whose body was found in a basement in Great Portland Street in London. He fled to Yemen after the murder and has connections in Europe, USA, Egypt and the Middle East. (Most Wanted appeal reference: CS0807-2112).
 James Rodger Brodie is wanted for the murder of Marian Bates and three armed robberies. There is a £10,000 reward for information leading to his arrest and charge. (Most Wanted appeal reference: CS0601-529).
Go to Most Wanted to see these appeals and more
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