Sunday, 30 November 2025

Royal Navy frigate HMS Monmouth has seized £65m of cannabis and heroin from a suspect vessel in the Indian Ocean, dealing a major blow to the funding of terrorism.

Sailors and Royal Marines from the Type 23 frigate destroyed 455kg of cannabis and 266kg of heroin after finding it hidden in the freezer of a fishing boat.

The suspicious dhow - a type of vessel common to the Middle East and Indian Ocean - had been spotted by the ship in an area not normally known for fishing.

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A new survey from WinMagic, the encryption and intelligent key management security solution provider, asked IT leaders in the U.S., UK, Germany and France about their current data policies to see how well aligned they are with the EU General Data Protection Regulation (EU GDPR), which comes into force on May 25, 2018. The findings, released today, suggest many still have a great deal of preparatory work to undertake, to avoid substantial non-compliance fines in the future.

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The Chief of the Defence Staff has praised troops as military support to the police comes to an end today following the tragic terrorist attack in Manchester.

Over the past week around 1,000 military personnel have been deployed alongside the police. Following a gradual reduction over the last few days, all troops will have returned to their bases by the end of today.

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  2. AYA Bank selects Misys for next transformation project
  3. ANSecurity helps East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust upgrade secure access
  4. BeyondTrust announces support for Microsoft Azure
  5. Iris Hatzenbichler appointed EMEA Marketing Director at IGEL Technology
  6. AllClear ID launches in Europe and plans 72-hour customer breach response guarantee in anticipation of GDPR
  7. LLC to acquire the Virtual Application Delivery Controller (vADC) Business from Brocade Communications Systems
  8. Infosecurity Europe 2017: Balabit to showcase Privileged Access Management Solutions
  9. 1-year GDPR countdown study: many businesses not prepping (YouGov survey)
  10. Muslims + Maladjustment = Terrorism?
  11. IISP launches new skills framework for Information Security Professionals
  12. New research reveals FTSE 30 companies risk violating key GDPR principle
  13. WinMagic survey finds companies struggling to meet GDPR standards
  14. Dakota Hotels selects MOBOTIX for intelligent yet discreet video surveillance
  15. Preservica accelerates business growth with PwC and SwiftScale



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