British Crims get their own Fan Site

It's all the same, only the names will change
Everyday it seems we're wasting away
Another place where the faces are so cold...

Little did 80s girl-wetter Jon Bon Jovi know when he penned those lines that they'd be used to sum up a new crappy UK website that allows us to laugh at the criminal element without them taking a workboot to our happysacks.

Crimestoppers Most Wanted is the straight-to-video version of the FBI's altogether classier big star version. No Bin Laden's on our list, but we do get the delightfully named SERIOUS ASSAULT from Hull. Nice girl.

They have gone all out for the launch and added a competition though:

To mark the launch of Crimestoppers' Most Wanted website, do your duty and test your detective skills by solving the clues in Crimestoppers' Most Wanted Quiz

I'm impressed that they've found a way to mimic the condescending tone you get from real British police officers.

The Beeb report that it's almost as popular as porn and throw up a couple of choice quotes:

The internet is used for all types of crime. This is one step back toward reclaiming that and making the internet work for us

That's right internet criminals - reclaiming the virtual night starts HERE.

Most Wanted - Crimestoppers

Users flood 'Most Wanted' website - BBC News