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| Operation Elveden: former immigration centre worker arrested | Operation Elveden: former immigration centre worker arrested |
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| A former immigration centre worker has been become the 65th person arrested as part of the inquiry into alleged inappropriate payments to public officials by newspapers. | A former immigration centre worker has been become the 65th person arrested as part of the inquiry into alleged inappropriate payments to public officials by newspapers. |
| Scotland Yard said in a statement on Wednesday morning that the 40-year-old was held at his home in Slough, Berkshire at about 6am and is being questioned at a police station in west London. | Scotland Yard said in a statement on Wednesday morning that the 40-year-old was held at his home in Slough, Berkshire at about 6am and is being questioned at a police station in west London. |
| He was arrested on suspicion of corruption and misconduct in a public office. | He was arrested on suspicion of corruption and misconduct in a public office. |
| The man is a former employee at an immigration centre and is the 65th person to be arrested under Operation Elveden, the Metropolitan police investigation into allegations of corrupt payments made to public officials by journalists. | The man is a former employee at an immigration centre and is the 65th person to be arrested under Operation Elveden, the Metropolitan police investigation into allegations of corrupt payments made to public officials by journalists. |
| On Tuesday in a separate case brought under Operation Elveden, the Crown Prosecution Service announced that Clodagh Hartley, the Sun's Whitehall editor, Jonathan Hall, a HMRC press officer, and his partner, Marta Bukarewicz, were to be charged with conspiracy to commit misconduct in public office in relation to payment for information including details of the coalition government's 2010 budget and deficit reduction plans. | On Tuesday in a separate case brought under Operation Elveden, the Crown Prosecution Service announced that Clodagh Hartley, the Sun's Whitehall editor, Jonathan Hall, a HMRC press officer, and his partner, Marta Bukarewicz, were to be charged with conspiracy to commit misconduct in public office in relation to payment for information including details of the coalition government's 2010 budget and deficit reduction plans. |
| So far more than 20 current or former Sun executives and journalists have been arrested. Six have been charged while one, the crime editor Mike Sullivan, has been cleared and told he faces no further action. | So far more than 20 current or former Sun executives and journalists have been arrested. Six have been charged while one, the crime editor Mike Sullivan, has been cleared and told he faces no further action. |
| Four former police officers and an ex-prison officer have been convicted of passing information to newspapers as a result of Operation Elveden. | Four former police officers and an ex-prison officer have been convicted of passing information to newspapers as a result of Operation Elveden. |
| Operation Elevden is being run alongside two other investigations, Operation Weeting, which is looking at alleged phone hacking, and Operation Tuleta, which focuses on computer hacking and other alleged privacy breaches. | Operation Elevden is being run alongside two other investigations, Operation Weeting, which is looking at alleged phone hacking, and Operation Tuleta, which focuses on computer hacking and other alleged privacy breaches. |
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