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Posted: Sat Sep 22, 2012 5:07 am

but good to see it in the newspapers

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10835753

Trademe is the New Zealand version of Gumtree/eBay etc

I like this bit

" Trade Me and the police have a close working relationship and signed a memorandum of understanding in 2005 - the first such police agreement with a commercial enterprise - which allows information to be shared under the Privacy Act.

Nearly half the 2000 police requests for information each year related to stolen goods.

Of those, Mr Duffy estimated, 10 to 15 per cent resulted in "further action".