Skype has become the new form of communication for drug traffickers, organized crime, and prostitution rings. In the BBC news there was a report that investigators overheard suspects telling each other to switch over to Skype for further details of the plan.
It is difficult for investigators to get a hold of criminals these days because the police usually relied on wiretapping of home and mobile phones to catch their criminals. Police say they are not able to get any help from Skype because Skype is unwilling to reveal its encryption code with the police.
Phone wiretapping is necessary in order to catch criminals, but Prime Minister Berlusconi has come forth with a bill to restrict phone wire tapping to only serious crimes. The bill will not allow wiretap as evidence until the final verdict has been determined. Journalists are protesting this new bill because crime reporting comes from resources of wiretapping.
-Sun Kim (Italy)
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