More police to probe journalists' payments

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By Ben Fenton
Chief Media Correspondent
FT.com
February 6, 2012

The police team investigating corrupt payments by journalists to serving 
officers is to be increased by 50 per cent because it is now looking 
into the activities of The Sun, it emerged on Monday.

The senior officer leading a total of 150 staff in a series of inquiries 
into alleged criminal acts by The News of the World said her team had 
now contacted 1,578 people whose names appear in documents seized from a 
private detective contracted to the Sunday tabloid.

Deputy assistant commissioner Sue Akers told the Leveson inquiry into 
press standards that while there were 90 officers and support staff 
involved in Operation Weeting, it was the parallel inquiry into phone 
hacking that was receiving a boost in numbers.

Operation Elveden is looking into the alleged payment of cash to police 
officers by certain journalists at The News of the World, but last 
November it arrested a reporter from The Sun and 10 days ago there were 
early morning raids on the homes of four other journalists, including 
two who held very high editorial roles at the daily tabloid.

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