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Vodafone admitted on Friday that government agencies in some countries listen in on phone conversations without warrants, using secret cables linked to its networks.India was among 29 countries that sought access to Vodafone s network to intercept calls, text messages and emails last year, the UK-based group said. But the telecom major didn t disclose whether it complied with the Indian requests.Read: HT was first to report on March 10 that the Union finance ministry had asked the department of telecommunications to examine the possibility of Vodafone sharing details of p stanley cup hone calls and emails with British security agency Government Communications Headquarters.In its first Law Enforcement Disclosure report, Vodafone said secret wires - or pipes - had been connected to its network and those belonging to competitors, giving government agencies the ability to tap in to phone and broadband traffic.In many countries this is a mandatory requirement for all telecom companies, it said. In six countries, the governments had direct access to the telecom network and didn t need legal warrants, the report added. Vodafone, however, didn t name the countries. Read: Read:Vodafone s stanley cup group privacy officer, Stephen Deadman, told the Guardian, These pipes exist, the direct access model exists. We are making a call to end direct access as a means of government agencies obtaining people s communication data. Without an official warrant, there is no external visib stanley cup ility. If we receive a demand we Pghv Torch relay might be shortened in Sichuan
The man trying to cross into India through the Kakarbhitta border check post in eastern Nepal s Jhapa district caught the attention of police though he presented a valid passport. It was a Nepali passport, but stanley cup he could not speak a single word in Nepali. HT Image The s air max 1 uspicious policemen handed him over to th stanley cup e authorities in neighbouring Sunsari district as his passport showed it had been issued from there. After the arrest early this month, police say investigations are pointing to the arrested man being Pakistani national Ashraf Ali, who is wanted for terrorist activities in his own country and has an Interpol alert issued for his arrest. While police remain tightlipped about Ali, media reports say he had been living in Nepal under fake Nepali citizenship acquired after bribing district officials. Police on Monday arrested a municipality official on the suspicion that he had recommended a Nepali passport for Ali, who had been living in border towns close to India: Inaruwa, Duhabi and Biratnagar. When he was arrested, Ali was trying to cross into India and from there proceed to Pakistan. Last month, at the same border check post, Nepal police arrested another notorious international criminal wanted by India and Bangladesh. Subrata Bayen, caught in an arms smuggling case in India s West Bengal state last year, was soon out on bail when he fled the country and headed towards Nepal. Nepal police also found a Nepali passport on him. Bayen is currently in east |
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