Detectives have made 49 arrests in a ticket touts crackdown launched ahead of the London 2012 Games.

Detectives have made 49 arrests in a ticket touts crackdown launched ahead of the London 2012 Games.
Arrests have been made for a range of crimes including fraud, money-laundering and handling stolen goods since Scotland Yard's Operation Podium squad was set up in June.
Operation Podium is the special Metropolitan Police squad to tackle serious crime and the gangs set to try and cash in on the Games.
Touts are part of organised criminal networks often involved in other crimes, according to assistant commissioner Chris Allison, the national Olympic security co-ordinator.
He said: "We are committed to dismantling them layer by layer. If we need to grow the squad then we have the capability to do that but, in many ways, I hope the publicity of everything that we are doing means we do not need to put more investment into it.
"It will be enough to prevent and stop people from thinking they can get away with it."
Detectives are targeting "hundreds moving in to thousands" of touts, most of whom are British and try to exploit high-profile events globally. Organised ticket gangs can expect to make millions from illegal sales.
A series of measures have been launched to thwart the fraudsters at the 2012 Games. The maximum fine for ticket-touting at the 2012 Olympics is going up from £5,000 to £20,000.
Special software will pick up unusual patterns of buying and all tickets will have in-built security measures making their origin traceable, according to London 2012.
To combat the flood of bogus websites that are expected to spring up, sports fans will be able to tap in a special website checker to ensure they are buying tickets from an official seller. The checker will go live on March 15 when tickets go on sale.