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UK: Annual Report of Interception of Communications Commissioner for 2008

01 August 2009

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Annual Report of Interception of Communications Commissioner for 2008 (pdf)

The number of new warrants issued in England and Wales 2008 fell from 1,881 to 1,508 as did the number of "modifications" (for which new warrants used to be issued).

See also: Statewatch's Observatory on telephone-tapping warrants 1937-2008

It is salutary to compare the official reports provided on telephone-tapping and interception in the UK and the USA. In the USA detailed reports with tables including historical data including - unlike in the UK - how many arrests and convictions resulted are provided: Arrests and Convictions Resulting From Intercepts Installed in Calendar Years 1997 Through 2007 (pdf), Authorized Intercepts Granted Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 2519 as Reported in Wiretap Reports for Calendar Years 1997 - 2007 (pdf) and Types of Surveillance Used, Arrests, and Convictions for Intercepts Installed January 1 Through December 31, 2007 (pdf)

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