Originally published December 14 2005
UK's "most wanted" crime site increasingly popular
by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, NaturalNews Editor
UK's "most wanted" crime site received more than 350,000 hits on its first day, and allows the police to receive anonymous tips online. The "unprecedented popularity" is due to the photographs, CCTV footage and descriptions on the site.
The site, launched by Crimestoppers, lists police appeals in the UK as well as pictures of wanted suspects.
The Most Wanted site proved so popular on the morning of its launch, it received 21,000 hits in five minutes.
The public will be able to view the photographs, CCTV footage and descriptions of the wanted suspects at www.mostwanted-uk.org and contact police by phone or online.
"We believe the Most Wanted website will grow into an essential resource for all police forces.
"With 60% of the population online, we must make sure the public can give information using all possible means of communication."
Mick Laurie said that technology would strip out the details of people e-mailing information to the site so that they could be sure of anonymity.
Nick Ross, presenter of the BBC's Crimewatch programme, hailed it as the "biggest advance since the 'Wanted' poster".
Apart from Crimewatch there is virtually no way of getting national publicity for most cases and many wanted people could just disappear - until now.
# Hayman Mustafa, 26, wanted over the murder of 32-year-old Ahmed El-Hamid who was stabbed to death in Teddington, south-west London in August 2003.
Mr Mustafa is of Arabic appearance, about 5ft 6in to 5ft 8in tall and of stocky build.
Wahid, who is of Lebanese origin, was living in the Edgware Road area of London at the time, having visited from the US.
# Ayub Khan, wanted in connection with a double murder in east London in August 2003.
He is described as being black, of stocky build, with short black hair and a beard.
Crimestoppers was set up in 1988, since when it has received more than 640,000 calls, resulting in more than 57,000 arrests and charges.
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