The armed robbers have plundered a casino in Basel

The armed criminals have plundered Grand casino in Basel. As reports AP, approximately in 4 AM robbers on 2 cars have parked near a casino, have cracked doors, have rushed into a game hall of casino, have forced visitors and personnel to lay down on a floor, have taken away money from cash desks and have disappeared.

Without victims

Robbers have been armed by pistols and automatic guns. In a casino some heard gun shots, however bullets have touched nobody. Most likely, criminals have opened fire, when unsuccessfully tried to crack the safe.



According to police, robbers have carried away some hundreds thousand Swiss francs. The exact sum of the stolen is not specified. Robbers have disappeared on two "Audi" with the French licence plates. According to AFP, criminals have gone to France. Casino Grand in Basel is located approximately in 200 metres from the French border.

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In Berlin have plundered poker players

Participants of a poker tournament became victims of the armed robbery, informs DW-WORLD.

Robbers, whose physiognomies have been closed by masks, on Saturday, on March, 6th, approximately at 14:15 on local time have made armed attack on hotel Grand Hyatt. Occurrence in a hall of robbers has caused a panic among players in which result, alarmists have got small traumas.

Having stolen a part of prize-winning fund of tournament, criminals have disappeared. How many money has been stolen, representatives of the Berlin police yet do not specify. However, according to German newspaper BZ, robbers have taken hold of 800,000 euro. The newspaper also informs, that six malefactors have been armed by machine guns, knifes and an explosive.

German tennis star Boris Becker too loves poker

In five-day poker tournament in Grand Hyatt with prize-winning fund in 4,725 million euro which should come to the end in the morning on Sunday, on March, 7th, in total took part about 400 players. Among participants there was known tennis player Boris Becker, however by the robbery moment the tennis star was absent in hotel.

Sincerely I sympathise with organizers of tournament and I hope, that the police will catch robbers.

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The British policemen are punished for visiting of pornosites

Over four hundred British policemen have been dismissed or have received strict reprimand for viewing of unseemly materials in the Network. The information on the summary punishments imposed on 439 employees, journalists The Daily Mail have received on demand. They notice, that figures can be above as some departments have given up in granting of data.

Porno not for policemen!

It is a question first of all of visiting of pornosites and social networks. Besides, the employees of police using office databases to suit the own ends have got to number of the dismissed.

So, the police inspector in Lancashire was reprimanded for access to working hours to resources which can be considered "unworthy, offensive, pornographic or indecent". Other employee has been caught behind viewing "pornographic images by means of the Internet". The third has been punished for loading on a commercial site of a videoclip without the permission of the heads.

No-purpose use of the Internet

The Great Britain — not the unique country disturbed by no-purpose use of the Internet by law enforcement bodies. In the middle of 2008 the central national police administration of Poland has forbidden the employees visiting of social network Nasza-klasa.pl. In the end of the same year Montenegro has forbidden the officials to come on sites of social network Facebook and video hosting YouTube.