Armchair detectives
[9th January 2006]
Thousands of armchair detectives across the UK are logging on to view the most wanted crime suspects in the UK at www.mostwanted-uk.org.
Since it was launched in November Most Wanted has achieved over 13 million hits.
It was initially anticipated that the site would receive in excess of 30,000 hits every month but the success of the site has far exceeded expectations, with over 1.5 million hits on the launch day and over 10 million achieved by the end of November.
It is now achieving an average of 150,000 hits per day.
Most Wanted has also achieved its first results with seven people arrested and charged so far for crimes of rape, burglary, theft and assault.
Current whereabouts sought
Offence: Drug crime
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Case study
Penny Middleton works for the Lancashire Police as a Crimestoppers' Information Co-ordinator. This means that she receives anonymous information from ...
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