It should be noted that CCI, a Swiss investigative firm, has already documented a pattern of manipulation by Mt. Gox's European banks which are linked to its Japanese ones. See:
http://www.mtgoxinvestigation.com/Hm, this site looks very suspicious to me. Could be an attempt to steal people's data, or worse.
The CCI web site has been up there for months, and is fairly regularly updated. I will of course let them defend themselves, yet have never really heard any complaints about data theft. A quick google search turned up absolutely nothing. I'd be curious if anyone else has had a negative experience with this company. It never hurts to be a little cautious.
I found their "update" page to be quite enlightening:
http://www.mtgoxinvestigation.com/updates.html They may be legit, of course. Or they may be legit but not as competent and effective as they say they are.
That list of "updates" is mostly pointers to articles and news published by other people. I don't see them doing much on their own...
Sorry, here's a link to their main web site:
http://cc-int.eu/I googled some more and found it. The head man is Dr. Simon Perry. Here's a bio posted on their site. Sounds legit
Dr. Simon Perry President
Dr. Perry is currently the Co-Director of the Program in Policing and Homeland Security Studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Institute of Criminology, Faculty of Law. He is also a Professor in the Graduate School and involved in research with colleagues in Israel and U.S.
Dr. Perry joined the Israeli Police in 1978 and has served in a variety of positions during the past 30 years. Between 2003 and 2007 he was Police Attaché & Liaison Officer to the USA & Canada, Israeli Police & Ministry of Public Security (at rank of Brigadier General). He was Responsible for cooperation and coordination between the Israeli National Police and law enforcement and intelligence agencies on the federal, state and local levels, primarily in the areas of fighting international organized crime and terrorism. He was also responsible for cooperation between the Ministry of Public Security in Israel and the Department of Homeland Security and Homeland Security Agencies on state and local level. During these four years was involved in many operational cases as well as in exchanging information and training many law enforcement units and commanding officers. He also served as Head of Narcotics Department and Head of European Operations at the Israeli National Police.
Earlier he served as Commander of Intelligence and Operational Division in the National Unit for Exposing Severe, International and Organized Crime. He commanded hundreds of police officers in charge of collecting intelligence information and evidence using live and technical sources, undercover agents, surveillance units as well as analysis of intelligence information. The Unit deals with national and international organized crime, sensitive investigations on a national level as well as terror and counter-espionage.
In 1997 he was Head of Interpol and International Relations at the Intelligence Department in the Israel Police Headquarters. Responsibilities included: Management of all Interpol activities in Israel and abroad including representing the Israel Police abroad; exchanging intelligence information and evidence though Interpol and legal channels. The position also included the management of international relations of the Israel Police with law enforcement organizations abroad.