Since 1999, over 100 people have been arrested in conjunction with
illegal acquisition of confidential information.
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.
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.
[24] 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.
Constantine's plan: to use the roving show to go on a world tour in which robberies are committed, culminating in the grand finale involving
the illegal acquisition of priceless artwork and crown jewels housed in the Tower of London.
Issues arise when a technician does not understand the regulations or when the hospital lacks good systems for preventing
the illegal acquisition, diversion and use of controlled drugs.
There is a practical difference between stealing a DVD and copying it, or hacking into a computer and stealing material, in that these acts involve a crime plus an actionable civil tort (copyright infringement): they involve «
illegal acquisition» in the second sense, but not necessarily the first.