The

News Corporation scandal In mid-2011, out of News of the World phone hacking scandal investigations, a series of investigations following up the News of the World royal phone hacking scandal, ''News of the World'' royal phone hacking scandal of 2005–2007, a series of rel ...

involves phone, voicemail, and computer hacking that were allegedly committed over a number of years. The scandal began in the United Kingdom, where the News International phone hacking scandal has to date resulted in the closure of the ''

News of the World The ''News of the World'' was a weekly national red top tabloid newspaper published every Sunday in the United Kingdom from 1843 to 2011. It was at one time the world's highest-selling English-language newspaper, and at closure still had one ...

'' newspaper and the resignation of a number of senior members of the

Metropolitan Police The Metropolitan Police Service (MPS), formerly and still commonly known as the Metropolitan Police (and informally as the Met Police, the Met, Scotland Yard, or the Yard), is the territorial police force responsible for law enforcement and ...

force.

Pre-2010

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2010 - 4 July 2011

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After 4 July 2011

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Investigations

* 2003 -

Operation Motorman Operation Motorman was a large operation carried out by the British Army ( HQ Northern Ireland) in Northern Ireland during the Troubles. The operation took place in the early hours of 31 July 1972 with the aim of retaking the "no-go areas" (ar ...

* 2003 - Operation Glade * 2003 - House of Commons Select Committee on Culture, Media and Sport investigation into privacy and media intrusion * 2006 - Hayman investigation into Royal Family phone hacking conducted by Metropolitan Police's Specialist Operations directorate. * 2009 - John Yates review of 2006 Hayman investigation * 2011 -

Operation Weeting Operation Weeting was a British police investigation that commenced on 26 January 2011, under the Specialist Crime Directorate of the Metropolitan Police Service into allegations of phone hacking in the ''News of the World'' phone hacking affair ...

, Investigation conducted by Scotland Yard's Specialist Crime Directorate * 2011 -

Operation Elveden Operation Elveden was a British police investigation into allegations of inappropriate payments to police officers and other public officials. It was opened as a result of documents provided by News International to the Operation Weeting investig ...

, Metropolitan Police investigation being led by Deputy Assistant Commissioner Sue Akers * 2011 - House of Commons Select Committee on Culture, Media and Sport investigation * June 2011 -

Operation Tuleta Operation Tuleta is a British police investigation by the Metropolitan Police Service into allegations of Hacker (computer security), computer hacking, related to the News International phone hacking scandal. As of June 2011, it was reported to hav ...

* July 2011 -

Leveson Inquiry The Leveson Inquiry was a judicial public inquiry into the culture, practices and ethics of the British press following the News International phone hacking scandal, chaired by Lord Justice Leveson, who was appointed in July 2011. A series o ...

* July 2011 - US Department of Justice investigation

Pre-2010

2010 - 4 July 2011

After 4 July 2011

Investigations

References

See also