Interesting Point of view - Russian police and RIPE accused of aiding RBN

Sat Oct 24 09:18:27 UTC 2009

On Oct 24, 2009, at 9:00 AM, Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote:

> http://www.eweekeurope.co.uk/news/russian-police-and-internet-registry-accused-of-aiding-cybercrime-2165

With more on that:

http://www.ripe.net/news/rbn.html

"Press coverage this week portrayed the RIPE NCC as being involved  
with the criminal network provider Russian Business Network (RBN). Any  
connection with criminal activity, or with RBN itself, is completely  
unfounded.

The press coverage arose from a speech given by the Serious Organised  
Crime Agency (SOCA) in the UK. SOCA has since contacted the RIPE NCC  
with an apology. The RIPE NCC will continue to work with SOCA and  
other bodies to ensure criminal investigations can be carried out in  
an efficient manner within established laws and guidelines."

MarcoH