“A lot of times companies say ‘This person is just a secretary and I don't need to do everything on them as far as screening.’ Your secretary may not have the keys to the safe but he or she may have access to your CEO's e-mails, which could have the formula for a Coke product in them.”
— Jason Morris, of employee screening firm Background Information Services, on the reported case of corporate espionage at Coca-Cola in early July. A secretary allegedly attempted to sell proprietary information she stole from the company to rival Pepsi Co.
“We began to take a closer look at the cruise ship industry and what we saw were repeat cases of criminal activity in an industry that is basically self-regulated.”
— Rep. Christopher Shays (R-Conn.), on his newly proposed federal legislation that would require cruise ships to notify the Department of Homeland Security within four hours after learning of a possible crime at sea or missing person.
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