The pan-European fight against organised crime is undermined by lax data sharing arrangements; and Cotton Traders enhances its credit card protection
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Europol's data sharing arrangements come underfire, as police eschew the specialist IT systems for more informal methods.
Retailer Cotton Traders has added an extra layer of security to its credit card handling systems.
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