Since 1999, over 100 people have been arrested in conjunction with illegal acquisition of confidential information. (en.wikipedia.org)
Between February 2004 and April 2005, the Crown Prosecution Service charged ten men working for private detective agencies with crimes relating to the illegal acquisition of confidential information. (en.wikipedia.org)
Charges and a total of seven convictions concerning the illegal acquisition of confidential information were made in three separate waves in 2004 — 2005, 2006 and 2012. (en.wikipedia.org)