<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div><div style="direction: inherit;">I think the term that's being collectively groped for is whether ripe ncc has a reporting obligation in case it discovers criminal activity</div><div style="direction: inherit;"><br></div><div style="direction: inherit;">The number of cases where such reporting is mandatory in law and not simply a matter of good citizenship is rather limited - threat to life, kidnap, etc.</div><br>--srs</div><div><br>On 17-Aug-2016, at 2:26 PM, Rob Evans <<a href="mailto:rhe@nosc.ja.net">rhe@nosc.ja.net</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><blockquote type="cite"><span>When anyone commits fraud to obtain a resource from RIPE, RIPE has the</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>responsibility to file criminal charges against that criminal.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>I am not saying that I think RIPE should file criminal charges, I am</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>saying that not doing so is in itself a questionable action.</span><br></blockquote><span></span><br><span>Well, to be pedantic, *criminal* charges are filed by the police</span><br><span>or other law-enforcment body, not by companies. :)</span><br><span></span><br><span>Rob</span><br><span></span><br></div></blockquote></body></html>