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<ul><li>The Automated Facial Recognition technology by <keyword id="91016" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="National-Crime-Records-Bureau">National Crime Records Bureau</keyword> (NCRB) will be rolled out next year to aid law enforcement agencies. </li><li>The technology will be used only to trace identities of people featuring in Crime &amp; Criminal Tracking Network Systems(CCTNS) — the national database of crime and criminals. </li><li>India has over 700,000 missing cases filed — including 98,000 children.</li></ul>The Ministry of Home Affairs, on Thursday, clarified that the Automated Facial Recognition technology will only be used to <a href="https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/facial-recognition-tech-to-be-used-only-for-those-figuring-in-cctns-database-mha/articleshow/70184092.cms">trace identities</a> of people featuring in Crime &amp; Criminal Tracking Network Systems (CCTNS) — the national database of crime and criminals. This technique of identifying a person via digital image by National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) is aimed to aid law enforcement agencies with a tool to track missing identities, criminals and unidentified victims. The process of mapping photos of <keyword id="590448" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="missing-people">missing people</keyword> is still done at police stations in India — but manually. As of now, the country has over <a href="https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/nation/new-facial-recognition-system-to-help-identify-criminals-missing-children/800560.html">700,000 missing cases</a> — including 98,000 children. The Automated <keyword id="406799" type="TECHNOLOGY" weightage="20" keywordseo="facial-recognition-system">Facial Recognition System</keyword> (AFRS) project, formulated under CCTNS, is planned to be operational next year, the Ministry noted. Presently, the database has nearly 15,000 police stations linked to it for e-governance. Threat to privacy The proposed AFRS has stirred a debate over the privacy of citizens. The system will be capable of capturing faces via CCTV feeds, and will raise alerts on <a href="https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/facial-recognition-system-will-not-violate-privacy/article28391953.ece">blacklisted identities</a>. Keeping in mind the potential chances of violation of privacy, the Ministry official said, “This software will be used only in respect of such persons who figure on the CCTNS database — accused persons, prisoners, missing persons, unidentified people including children and dead bodies — and will not be used for any other database.” Data associated with the facial recognition system will only be accessible to the law enforcement agencies, <a href="https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/automated-facial-recognition-system-to-help-identify-criminals-missing-children/articleshow/70177696.cms">Times of India reported</a>. The move will help speed up police and other investigations. For instance, fingerprint matching is widely used at crime spots to identify criminals. Now, the ministry roped in the imaging feature to help them with video footage and images of suspects. This will keep suspects and criminals from fleeing, thereby helping the investigation teams to trace a culprit faster. Global adoption China deployed the technology in smarter ways to safeguard the streets by introducing facial recognition to CCTV cameras on roads. Food chain KFC too adopted the technology to predict customer demands. While other consumer-focussed platforms use <a href="https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/panache/india-mulls-facial-recognition-5-nations-already-using-the-technology/leaders-of-facial-recognition-tech/slideshow/70156829.cms">Automatic Facial Recognition</a> to ease the paying process by bringing in ‘smile to pay’ system that recognises facial expressions of customers. See also: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/india-launches-national-cyber-forensic-lab-in-delhi/articleshow/68081465.cms">One year after one of the largest government data breaches, India finally has a national cyber forensic lab</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/indias-armed-forces-are-setting-up-a-dedicated-agency-to-fight-cyber-attacks/articleshow/67542126.cms">India's armed forces are setting up a dedicated agency to fight cyber attacks</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/fake-call-centres-in-india-tricked-over-50000-people-across-15-countries-fbi-joins-investigation/articleshow/66949461.cms">Fake call centers in India tricked over 50,000 people across 15 countries, FBI joins investigation</a>

Facial recognition will be used to spot history sheeters and missing people only, assures Home Ministry

As per a data from the <keyword id="91016" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="National-Crime-Records-Bureau">National Crime Records Bureau</keyword>, the number of <keyword id="6359046" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="Stalking">stalking</keyword> cases went up in Maharashtra and Delhi. 
 
Maharashtra topped the list as the state reported 1,399 cases. Delhi came second as the cases more than doubled from 541 in 2014 to 1,124 in 2015. 
 
The crimes against women in Delhi also jumped to 17,104 in 2015, up from 15,265 in 2014. 
 
These included 5,367 cases of molestation (4,179 in 2014, 3,345 in 2013) and 2,199 rape cases, again up from 2,096 in the previous year. 
 
According to NCRB, most victims of sexual assault were in the age group of 18-30. In 90% of the cases, the accused were known to the victims. 
 
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Stalking cases have more than doubled in these two regions

<ul><li>UPSC has put out an official notification to recruit Intelligence officers and data processing assistants in the <keyword id="69522" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="ministry-of-home-affairs">Ministry of Home Affairs</keyword>. </li><li>The government plans to hire for 29 vacant positions across the <keyword id="91016" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="National-Crime-Records-Bureau">National Crime Records Bureau</keyword> and the Intelligence Bureau. </li><li>The selected candidates will be a part of cyber security, forensics and criminal applications team. </li></ul>The Union Public Services Commission (UPSC) put out a notification to recruit Intelligence officers and data processing assistants at the Ministry of Home Affairs. With this, the government plans to hire for 29 vacant positions across departments. This includes vacancies in the Women Safety Department of the National Crime Records Bureau and the Intelligence Bureau. Interested professionals can visit the official website of <a href="https://upsconline.nic.in/ora/VacancyNoticePub.php">UPSC</a> and the last date for application is January 16, 2020. The candidates shall be posted across locations in India, depending on the requirement. The selected candidates will be a part of cyber security, forensics and criminal applications team. Data Processing Assistant — Two vacancies in the women's safety department The candidates selected for this role will be responsible for procurement, maintenance and updating software of criminal applications. These engineers will be a part of the administration team which conducts training and provides security assistance of Data Centre and Networks. Those hired will have to undergo a two year probation period The applicants must be aged between 21-30 years. However, upper age limit may be relaxed for those appointed as a government servant before. The minimum educational qualification of a candidate applying for the post of data processing assistant is a master’s degree in computer applications, IT or B.Tech in <keyword id="6390100" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="computer-science">Computer Science</keyword> and Engineering. Deputy Central Intelligence Officer — 27 vacancies in the Intelligence Bureau of the ministry The candidates for intelligence team will have to supervise operations across the ministry’s communication network such as audio, video and CCTVs. This also includes maintenance of forensics equipment. Other tasks are research and development in the field of electronics and telecommunications. The selected candidates will have to serve a probation period of one year. The intelligence officer will require a postgraduate degree in science, computer applications or information technology. The applicant can also be an engineering graduate in the field of electronics, telecommunications, computer science and software, or IT. The candidate’s age must not exceed 35 years for general category and 40 years in case of Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe candidates. See also: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/careers/news/engineering-students-can-now-intern-with-ias-officers/articleshow/71835003.cms">Engineering students can now intern with IAS officers</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/careers/news/become-a-data-scientist-in-3-months-if-you-are-a-software-engineer/articleshow/73044672.cms">It takes just three months for a software engineer to become a data scientist. Find out how</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/careers/news/this-is-why-indias-mbas-and-engineers-are-hoping-to-turn-watchmen-and-sanitation-workers/articleshow/72289742.cms">This is why India’s MBAs and engineers may be hoping to turn watchman and sanitation workers</a>

UPSC recruitment 2020: Nearly 30 government jobs for engineering and IT graduates have opened up in the Ministry of Home Affairs

In a bid to expedite investigation of crime across India, the <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=ministry+for+home+affairs">Ministry for Home Affairs</a> will setup a national <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=fingerprint+database">fingerprint database</a> to record pan-India criminal data. 
 <keyword id="3004329" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="fingerprint-database">Fingerprint database</keyword> of around 28 lakh convicts and those arrested for <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=criminal+data">criminal offences</a> will be collated from all the states. 
 Reportedly, the Delhi-based <keyword id="3003977" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="100" keywordseo="Central-Finger-Print-Bureau">Central Finger Print Bureau</keyword> (CPFB), at present, has data of more than 9.7 lakh finger print records of convicted or arrested persons in digitized form. 
 
However, more than 18 lakh finger print records with finger print bureaus of states and Union Territories are not linked to this central database. 
 The MHA has decided to gather all records from the state bureaus and make them part of the national database, for which the <keyword id="6373306" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="100" keywordseo="National-Informatics-Centre">National Informatics Centre</keyword> is creating a '<a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=cloud">cloud</a>' for this integration. 
 
Once the data is collated at the CPFB, real time data based on fingerprints will be furnished, in case police raises any query from any part of the country. 
 
Presently, investigating agencies send finger prints lifted from a scene of crime for matching to their respective state finger print bureau, which runs them past its own record. If there is no match, the prints are then sent to the CPFB and finger print bureaus of other states. 
This indeed is time consuming. 
 
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India has figured a unique way to expedite investigations in criminal cases

<ul><li>The Indian government has announced a content partnership with <keyword id="6354576" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="facebook">Facebook</keyword> India. </li><li>The move is aimed at giving digital literacy a push in India — eliminating the spread of misinformation and online abuse. </li><li>In the South Asia Safety Summit 2019, the Ministry of Women and Child Development and Facebook jointly launched a comic series and a global literacy program ‘We Think Digital.’ </li><li>The global programme aims to train as many as 5 million people over the next two years.</li></ul>In a bid to halt abuse of women and children online, Indian government partnered with Facebook India. The move will provide digital literacy that will help curtail abuse and spread of misinformation. At the South Asia Safety Summit 2019, the Ministry of Women and Child Development and Facebook jointly launched a comic series and a global literacy programme. The global programme aims to train 5 million people over the next two years. Addressing the event, <keyword id="6612" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Smriti-Irani">Smriti Irani</keyword> <a href="https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/government-and-facebook-announce-initiative-for-women-and-child-safety/story-uk4gWK1GoZER2SFZtT4ozH.html">said</a> “While the internet opens doors for women and children to learn and gain knowledge, there is also the responsibility of ensuring their safety, and to enable them to express their views without any apprehension. Our constant effort has been to promote the cause of equal opportunity for women and ensure a safe environment for children.” As per the <keyword id="91016" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="National-Crime-Records-Bureau">National Crime Records Bureau</keyword>, over 300,000 women are smacked by familiar male counterparts. However, a whopping 62% women justify domestic violence. While there are over 430 million children in India and child abuse has been a issue of concern of the government and the citizens. For instance, an online platform showcasing <keyword id="24545" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Child-pornography">child pornography</keyword> has 5,000 followers. Come 2020, the online networking platform is planning to roll out video series — ‘Thumbstoppers’ — that will feature advertising communities to spread awareness on gender equality, domestic violence and girl child education. “Our digital literacy efforts are focused on addressing specific problem areas in the social media world, which are essentially about how we connect to and interact with people and our online ethics and behavior. We are building programmes that are aimed at internet users’ digital hygiene and maintaining online privacy and security," Ankhi Das, director of public policy for Facebook - India, South and Central Asia <a href="https://www.livemint.com/news/india/facebook-partners-with-ministry-of-women-and-child-development-to-promote-online-safety-11574160102215.html">said during the event</a>. See also: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/tech/apps/news/twitter-ahead-has-more-child-abuse-than-other-social-media-platforms/articleshow/72002539.cms">Twitter makes up for nearly half of child abuse content on social media</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/law-order/crime/news/a-third-of-the-worlds-child-porn-is-flagged-off-in-india-indonesia-and-thailand/articleshow/71385866.cms">A third of the world’s child porn is flagged off in India, Indonesia and Thailand</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/smriti-irani-wants-schools-to-initiate-programmes-on-sex-education/articleshow/70498330.cms">Here’s why Indian government’s ‘good touch-bad touch’ sex education might not be enough</a>

Indian government and Facebook to spread awareness on online abuse via comics and videos

<keyword id="13265066" type="General" weightage="80" keywordseo="sovereign-green-bonds" source="Orion">Sovereign Green Bonds</keyword> are likely to be issued during the January-March period of the current fiscal, Minister of State for Finance <keyword id="2528510" type="General" weightage="80" keywordseo="pankaj-chaudhary" source="Orion">Pankaj Chaudhary</keyword> said on Tuesday. The objective of Sovereign Green Bonds is to mobilize resources for green infrastructure as part of the government's overall market borrowings in 2022-23, he said in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha. "The framework for these bonds has been brought out. The bonds are likely to be issued from January to March 2023. The proceeds will be deployed in public sector projects which help in reducing carbon intensity of the economy," he said. Replying to another question, he said the value of the Indian rupee is market-determined. As global spillovers from geo-political tensions and aggressive monetary policy tightening across the world intensified alongside a surge in crude oil prices, the US dollar strengthened by 7.8 per cent in the financial year (till November 30), he said. While the rupee has witnessed a depreciation of 6.9 percent in the current financial year till November 30, 2022, he said, it has performed better than most Asian peer currencies, including the Chinese Renminbi (10.6 percent), Indonesian Rupiah (8.7 percent), Philippine Peso (8.5 percent), South Korean Won (8.1 percent), Taiwanese Dollar (7.3 percent) etc during the financial year. The <keyword id="6354335" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="reserve-bank-of-india" source="Orion">Reserve Bank of India</keyword> (<keyword id="30067" type="General" weightage="80" keywordseo="rbi" source="Orion">RBI</keyword>) closely monitors the foreign exchange markets and intervenes only to maintain orderly market conditions by containing excessive volatility in the exchange rate, without reference to any pre-determined target level or band. The RBI had announced various measures in the recent period to diversify and expand the sources of forex funding to mitigate exchange rate volatility and dampen global spillovers. Replying to another question, Chaudhary said the total number of counterfeit currency notes detected in the banking system for 2021-22 stands at 2,30,971 pieces as per RBI. As regarding seizures, he said, the <keyword id="91016" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="national-crime-records-bureau" source="Orion">National Crime Records Bureau</keyword> (NCRB) is the nodal agency, which compiles the data on crimes including the fake currency notes as reported to it by the States and the Union Territories, and publishes the same in its annual publication 'Crime in India'. SEE ALSO: <a target="_blank" class="c-link c-message_attachment__title_link" href="https://www.businessinsider.in/tech/apps/news/upcoming-twitter-new-features-in-2023/articleshow/96195337.cms">From Twitter Blue checkmark to videos, a look at the new Twitter features Musk may introduce in 2023</a> <a target="_blank" class="c-link c-message_attachment__title_link" href="https://www.businessinsider.in/business/corporates/news/goldman-sachs-is-reportedly-planning-to-lay-off-hundreds-of-employees-in-consumer-business/articleshow/96193786.cms">Goldman Sachs is reportedly planning to lay off hundreds of employees in consumer business</a>

Govt likely to issue green bonds in Jan-March quarter

Matchmaking service <keyword id="260777" type="COMPANY" weightage="80" keywordseo="shaadi-com">Shaadi.com</keyword> has launched Shaadi Cares, a social initiative that aims to right every wrong in relationships and marriages. The initiative aims to <keyword id="65090" type="POSITION" weightage="80" keywordseo="tackle">tackle</keyword> issues related to <keyword id="48792" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="80" keywordseo="Dowry">dowry</keyword> and domestic violence. 
 
To tackle issues related to dowry, www.shaadi.com has simultaneously launched its 'How much dowry are you worth?' online social initiative (http://www.shaadicares.org/calculate-dowry/). 
 The company's endeavour will be to educate responsible citizens by revealing shocking findings - the untimely death of over 8,000 <keyword id="624" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="80" keywordseo="Women">women</keyword> (<keyword id="91016" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="80" keywordseo="National-Crime-Records-Bureau">National Crime Records Bureau</keyword> data)every year due to the evils of dowry. 
 
Shaadi.com has developed a digitally interactive concept with hard-hitting facts and imagery, thereby urging Indians to bring about change in their very own society. Through this initiative, Shaadi.com intends to activate their online audience to be champions of change and taking the cause offline. 
"It is saddening to witness such a strong prevalence of marital social issues in India and across the world today. As a result, the original intent of marriage is getting lost. 
 "The fundamental purpose of marriage, across religions and cultures is to find lifelong equal companionship and support through the journey of life. Social evils such as dowry and domestic violence destroy the <keyword id="31559" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="80" keywordseo="Essence">essence</keyword> and institution of marriage," Anupam Mittal, founder and CEO, Shaadi.com, said in a statement. 
After the success of Angry Brides (url: https://apps.facebook.com/angrybrides/) online game in 2012, Shaadi.com decided to strengthen its commitment towards social responsibility, and thereby announced Shaadi Cares. 
 "Being a <keyword id="19496" type="POSITION" weightage="80" keywordseo="leader">leader</keyword> in the online matchmaking industry, Shaadi.com strives to play a positive role in directly helping victims of martial abuse. Through Shaadi Cares, we also aim to <keyword id="382268" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="80" keywordseo="leverage">leverage</keyword> our platform to raise awareness among our 30 million members about how marriage can and should be about 'together for good'," Mittal siad. 
The initiative went live on April 29.

This marriage website to now help tackle dowry issues

The National Insurance Crime Bureau has released its latest data on the most commonly stolen sporty vehicles, and the states where the most thefts occur.
Not surprisingly, the less expensive - and thus less rare - <keyword id="20632" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="Cars">cars</keyword> like the Chevy Camaro and Ford Mustang are at the top of the list. Offerings from <keyword id="45673" type="CITY" weightage="60" keywordseo="Porsche">Porsche</keyword>, Audi, and <keyword id="6355119" type="CITY" weightage="60" keywordseo="BMW">BMW</keyword> are also in the top 10.
The data covers thefts between January 1, 2009 and December 31, 2012, and considers only 2010-2012 model-year cars.
Here are the numbers for the <keyword id="660753" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="Sports-cars">sports cars</keyword> thieves like most:
<div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image">National Insurance Crime Bureau</div></div></div>
And here are the states where they do their best work:
<div class="KonaFilter image-container"><div class="image">National Insurance Crime Bureau</div></div>

Here Are The Sports Cars That Thieves Love To Steal

New Delhi, Mar 4 () Ride-hailing platform Uber on Wednesday said it has partnered with non-profit organisation Breakthrough to launch a campaign on preventing violence against women in India. The #IgnoreNoMore campaign will encourage bystander intervention and supports collective action to end gender-based violence in public spaces, Breakthrough President and CEO Sohini Bhattacharya said. "The campaign will push people to understand their own role as changemakers for building safer public spaces. The approach will empower bystanders to recognise unhealthy and problematic behaviours and intervene before abuse or assault takes place. We are pleased that Uber is committed to becoming an industry leader on this issue," she added. Crimes against women and girls, especially in public spaces, have seen a steady rise in recent years. According to the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) report of 2018, nearly 3.78 lakh cases of crime against women were reported across the country. Pavan Vaish, Head of Central Operations India at Uber, said helping keep people safe is a responsibility that the company takes very seriously. "We are committing major funding for awareness and prevention programmes with members of courageous, thought-leading organizations like Breakthrough and we will continue to seek advice from them on how we can do more to prevent violence and to help keep women safe," he added. SR RUJ

Uber partners with Breakthrough to launch campaign on violence against women

<div class="image-container float_right" style="width:480px"><div class="image">REUTERS/Tony Gentile</div></div>A loophole in federal law keeps Americans from having access to information about the vast majority of crimes committed on cruise ships, according to a new report released by Senator John Rockefeller (D-WV).
Rockefeller chairs the <keyword id="6355284" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="senate">Senate</keyword> Committee on Commerce, Science, and <keyword id="34991" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="100" keywordseo="transportation">Transportation</keyword>, and commissioned the report, titled <a href="http://www.commerce.senate.gov/public/?a=Files.Serve&amp;File_id=b6b046f1-eb82-404e-a0cc-9cd26a74117f" target="_blank">"Cruise Ship Crime: Consumers Have Incomplete Access to Cruise Ship Data,"</a> which was published Wednesday.
It reveals a huge gap between the numbers of crimes committed on cruises and those that are publicly reported.
Under the Cruise Vessel Security and Safety Act of 2010 (CVSSA), cruise lines are required to report "any allegation of crime" to the <keyword id="6355946" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="FBI">FBI</keyword> as soon as possible. That covers only serious violations, including homicide, suspicious death, missing United States nationals, sexual assault, kidnapping, and theft of property in excess of $10,000.
The Coast Guard is responsible for posting and maintaining <a href="http://www.uscg.mil/hq/cg2/cgis/CruiseLine.asp" target="_blank">public crime statistics</a>, based on information from the FBI.
But according to "<keyword id="64965" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="cruise-ship">Cruise Ship</keyword> Crime," which used FBI records acquired through Freedom of Information requests, of 959 total crimes reported to the FBI since 2011, only 31 were then reported publicly. That's 3.2%.
The numbers are less skewed when only crimes that cruise lines must report — violations like homicide and sexual assault — are considered, but things are still largely hidden from the public eye. Just 31 out of 130 serious incidents were made public, 24%.
What's with the gap?
According to the report, it comes down to how the FBI reads the law: "The FBI interprets the CVSSA to require public reporting of only those incidents that are no longer under investigation by the FBI."
Those who want to know how much crime happens on cruise ships can see only statistics from the Coast Guard. For April 1 to June 30 of this year, those numbers include no homicides, suspicious deaths, missing US nationals, kidnappings, or thefts worth more than $10,000. They show two cases of serious assault, and five of sexual assault.
That figure — just seven noteworthy crimes among all cruises in a three month period — is reassuring.
But without filing a FOIA request, there's no way to know how much crime is actually reported by the cruise lines to the FBI. If the Bureau has not concluded its investigation, there's no public record of it. The upside is that the public is not given information that could distort how dangerous cruises are, because the alleged crimes have not yet been properly investigated.
But it also keeps people in the dark about open investigations, pending prosecutions, and reported matters that don't fall under the various serious crime categories — all of which can be valuable information.
Proposed Legislation
Rockefeller rightly notes that overall crime rates on cruise ships are very low. On its website, <a href="http://www.carnival.com/cms/fun/cruise_control/security_safety_act.aspx" target="_blank">Carnival writes</a> "the incidence of crime on board is very small given the large number of guests we carry" — on track for 4 million this year.
To give the public access to more complete records, Sen. Rockefeller has <a href="http://www.rockefeller.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/press-releases?ID=dfa7cad1-bee8-4e5d-9a2b-554f944d41d5" target="_blank">introduced the Cruise Passenger Protection Acts of 2013</a>. The bill would "make all crimes alleged on cruise ships publicly available information," and require the Department of Transportation to establish a victim advocate to make cruise customers aware of their rights and get access to law enforcement if necessary.

Thanks To A Legal Loophole, There's No Public Record Of Most Crime On Cruise Ships

<div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table float_right"><div><div class="image">AP</div></div></div>The Rev. Al Sharpton on Tuesday sought to downplay claims he was an FBI informant in the 1980s, one day after the Smoking Gun website <a href="http://www.thesmokinggun.com/documents/investigation/al-sharpton-764312" target="_blank">published a lengthy investigation into his work with the bureau</a>.
"I did what was right," Sharpton <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNn2OggrWqo" target="_blank">said at a press conference</a> at the National Action Network headquarters in New York City on Tuesday. "I'm not a mobster. I'm a preacher."
Sharpton woke up to newspaper front pages labeling him a "rat" and a <a href="https://twitter.com/DavidUberti/status/453516276669771776" target="_blank">"snitch."</a> The Smoking Gun's report was based on hundreds of pages of secret court filings and FBI memos, which provided new details into Sharpton's role as "Confidential Informant 7." The report said he used a wire to record conversations and helped federal investigators gather information on the infamous Genovese crime family. 
Sharpton disputed the notion being an "informant" is a bad thing.
"I was not and am not a rat, because I wasn't with the rats. I'm a cat. I chased rats," Sharpton said.
He added, "I think it was very interesting that many of us are condemned for not fighting crime - and now we're condemned for fighting crime. It is interesting to me, as we deal with the whole criminalization of many in our community, that the premise of a lot of this media is that I should have been with the mob rather than with the government." 
Sharpton said he only went to the feds after he was threatened by members of the mob, a story he said he told in his 1996 book, "Go and Tell Pharaoh." He said he would do it all again.
"I would record them today," Sharpton said. "They were threatening to kill me!" 
The Smoking Gun's report came as both New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and President Barack Obama are scheduled to deliver remarks at the National Action Network's annual conference in New York this week.

Al Sharpton On His FBI Ties: I'm No 'Rat' - 'I'm A Cat'

<div class="image-container float_right" style="width:402px"><div class="image"></div>APA Swiss woman, center, was gang-raped by a group of eight men while touring by bicycle with her husband, according to police.</div>The gang <keyword id="39493" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="Rape">rape</keyword> of a <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/swiss-tourist-gang-raped-on-bike-trip-in-india-2013-3">Swiss tourist in central India</a> has put the issue of sexual assault in <keyword id="3658" type="COUNTRY" weightage="60" keywordseo="India">India</keyword> into the spotlight again, and the reaction of Indian officials won't help things.
The 39-year-old tourist was attacked on Friday night, midway through a three-month-long cycling vacation with her husband, who was also beaten and tied to a tree in the attack. She was released from hospital on Saturday.
Police reaction to the crime appears to have been relatively speedy: By Saturday 20 people <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/20-men-detained-after-swiss-woman-was-gang-raped-2013-3">had been detained in the Madhya Pradesh state</a>, and six people arrested for the <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2013/03/18/world/asia/india-tourist-gangrape/index.html">crime are due to appear in court Monday</a>. 
Comments from Indian officials, however, suggest that authorities believe the victims of the crime are to blame, which is sure to provoke controversy in a country where many feel rape accusations are not taken seriously.
“No one stops there,” Inspector Avnesh Kumar Budholiya, a spokesperson for Madhya Pradesh police said <a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/six-men-arrested-over-gangrape-of-swiss-tourist-in-india-woman-must-share-blame-for-attack-say-police-8537818.html">of the remote area where the couple were attacked</a>. “Why did they choose that place? They were in the wrong place at the wrong time. They would have passed a police station on the way to the area they camped. They should have stopped and asked about places to sleep.”
The state government's home minister echoed these comments in a televised interview.
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"What happened is unfortunate for our nation. When foreign tourists come, they should inform the SP (Superintendent of Police) about their plans," Uma Shankar Gupta <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/india/9936854/Tourists-putting-themselves-at-risk-of-rape-India-minister-warns-after-attack-on-Swiss-woman.html">told NDTV</a>. "This is the system but it is not being followed."
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These comments seem to echo some of the worst reactions to the deadly rape of a <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/delhi-bus-rape-leads-to-outrage-2012-12">23-year-old medial student in Delhi last year</a> — a crime that resulted in nationwide anti-rape protests.
In that case one lawyer argued that <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/lawyer-respected-women-arent-raped-2013-1">"respected" ladies weren't raped</a>, while a well-known spiritual guru claimed that the <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/asaram-bapu-criticizes-india-rape-victim-2013-1">"the victim is as guilty as her rapists."</a> The police response was also criticized after the victim's friend told reporters that when the police arrived at the bloody scene, they did not give the <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/delhi-gang-rape-friend-breaks-silence-2013-1">victim clothes or even call an ambulance</a>.
Neerja Ahlawat, sociologist and deputy director of the women’s studies centre at Maharshi Dayanand University in Haryana, says that police blaming the victims was a "typical' response in India.
"The police don’t want to take responsibility," Ahlawat <a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/six-men-arrested-over-gangrape-of-swiss-tourist-in-india-woman-must-share-blame-for-attack-say-police-8537818.html">told the Independent</a>. "Indian women are not safe — in small towns, villages or the big cities, partly because the police are not assuming responsibility for keeping women safe. They blame the dark, the clothes a woman wears, everything but their shirking of their duties.”<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; display: inline !important; float: none;"> 
According to the <a href="http://ncrb.nic.in/">the National Crime Records Bureau of India</a>, 24,206 cases of rape were reported in India in 2011, with a low conviction rate of 26.4 percent.

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