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| Operation Elveden police arrest prison officer over alleged payments | Operation Elveden police arrest prison officer over alleged payments |
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| A 31-year-old serving prison officer has been arrested by police investigating alleged inappropriate payments by journalists. | A 31-year-old serving prison officer has been arrested by police investigating alleged inappropriate payments by journalists. |
| The man was held at his home in Northampton at 6am on Tuesday on suspicion of conspiracy to corrupt and misconduct in public office. | The man was held at his home in Northampton at 6am on Tuesday on suspicion of conspiracy to corrupt and misconduct in public office. |
| He is the 44th person arrested in Scotland Yard's Operation Elveden probe into alleged illegal payments by journalists to police and public officials. | He is the 44th person arrested in Scotland Yard's Operation Elveden probe into alleged illegal payments by journalists to police and public officials. |
| The man was later released on bail to a date in December pending further enquiries. | The man was later released on bail to a date in December pending further enquiries. |
| Scotland Yard said the arrest was the result of information provided to police by News Corporation's management and standards committee, which is investigating claims of inappropriate payments by journalists at News International titles. | Scotland Yard said the arrest was the result of information provided to police by News Corporation's management and standards committee, which is investigating claims of inappropriate payments by journalists at News International titles. |
| The Metropolitan police said: "Today's arrest is the result of information provided to police by News Corporation's management and standards committee. It relates to suspected payments to a prison officer and is not about seeking journalists to reveal confidential sources in relation to information that has been obtained legitimately." | The Metropolitan police said: "Today's arrest is the result of information provided to police by News Corporation's management and standards committee. It relates to suspected payments to a prison officer and is not about seeking journalists to reveal confidential sources in relation to information that has been obtained legitimately." |
| Operation Elveden is the second largest of the three police investigations into alleged criminal activity by journalists, after the Operation Weeting probe into phone hacking. | Operation Elveden is the second largest of the three police investigations into alleged criminal activity by journalists, after the Operation Weeting probe into phone hacking. |
| There are now 70 police officers and civilian personnel working on the Elveden inquiry, which launched in June 2011. The police inquiry broadened earlier this year to examine claims of inappropriate payments by journalists at Trinity Mirror, the publisher of the Daily Mirror, Sunday Mirror and the People, and Northern & Shell, publisher of the Daily Express, Sunday Express, Daily Star and Daily Star Sunday. | There are now 70 police officers and civilian personnel working on the Elveden inquiry, which launched in June 2011. The police inquiry broadened earlier this year to examine claims of inappropriate payments by journalists at Trinity Mirror, the publisher of the Daily Mirror, Sunday Mirror and the People, and Northern & Shell, publisher of the Daily Express, Sunday Express, Daily Star and Daily Star Sunday. |
| None of those arrested under Operation Elveden have yet been charged. | None of those arrested under Operation Elveden have yet been charged. |
| The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) is currently considering whether to bring charges relating to two Operation Elveden files passed to it by the Met on 30 August. The CPS said one file was for charging advice involving two journalists in relation to allegations of misconduct in public office. The other file relates to two journalists and two public officials, also in relation to allegations of misconduct in public office. | The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) is currently considering whether to bring charges relating to two Operation Elveden files passed to it by the Met on 30 August. The CPS said one file was for charging advice involving two journalists in relation to allegations of misconduct in public office. The other file relates to two journalists and two public officials, also in relation to allegations of misconduct in public office. |
| Sue Akers, the Scotland Yard deputy assistant commissioner in charge of the interlinked investigations into alleged illegal activity by journalists, told a committee of MPs last week that the Met had 185 officers and civilian staff working on the investigations – 96 on Operation Weeting, 70 on Operation Elveden and 19 on Operation Tuleta. | Sue Akers, the Scotland Yard deputy assistant commissioner in charge of the interlinked investigations into alleged illegal activity by journalists, told a committee of MPs last week that the Met had 185 officers and civilian staff working on the investigations – 96 on Operation Weeting, 70 on Operation Elveden and 19 on Operation Tuleta. |
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