Police sketches are a standard part of detective work, particularly in violent crimes.
A sketch or e-fit based on an eyewitness description, together with information about height, build, age and ethnicity can help lead police to a suspect.
After a revelation that the Forensic Science Service, based in Birmingham, was losing almost £2million per month and could run out of money by January, the decision has been made to begin closing its services over time.
The service was created in 2005 and has provided valuable evidence that has provided conclusions to a number of high-profile cases.
"Cybercrime is borderless by nature -- this makes criminal investigations more complicated for law enforcement authorities," said Europol Director Rob Wainwright. "To effectively tackle cybercrime, adequate cross-border provisions are needed."
According to McAfee, global corporate losses to cybercrime are estimated at around €750 billion (US$1 trillion) per year. There are more than 150,000 viruses in circulation and around 148,000 computers are compromised each day. In many ways, the European Union is a victim of its own success.
The report explains how China Telecom has allegedly diverted Internet traffic for roughly 18 minutes by releasing incorrect routing information that diverted all data through Chinese servers.
While the company denies all accusations, the evidence shows that the traffic to around 10-15% of internet destinations were rerouted through servers based in China including US government and military sites and other popular websites such as Yahoo and Microsoft.
The Finnish subsidiary of Norman Ibas, a company specialised in data recovery and computer forensics, believes that the recovery insurance model is the first of its kind in the world.
Jyri Pohja, CEO of Norman Ibas Oy, is confident that there will be a worldwide market for this "bit insurance".
"Our view is that we have created a concept here in Finland that is novel in the whole world. We are considering how we can expand it more widely into other markets in Europe, America and Asia," explains Pohja.
