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Re:French intelligence officer caught selling confidential d... by Neracked on Monday October 08, 2018 @08:23AM (#18166756)
I am French and there are rumors that some people inside the police forces are earning side money by funneling information from the police files to former police officer working as private investigators (with the advantage of having insider access to police data).

I always assumed that this practice was widespread. That is just an extension of the traditional practice of "tricoche" (police officers performing investigations for private customers).

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Re:French intelligence officer caught selling confidential d... by reacweb on Monday October 08, 2018 @08:44AM (#18166887)
It is obvious that former police officer working as private have their relation network. This makes former police officer so valuable. Active officers trust them and want them to succeed (they may need to go private themself one day). I have not heard about money transfer. This may happen sometimes at small scale, but corruption is a very sensible subject in police. People do not want to be caught as corrupt. This is very damaging to reputation.
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