内容摘要：Videos show the men - described locally as goons - seemingly working side-by-side with police.

Videos show the men - described locally as goons - seemingly working side-by-side with police.

there's a reticence still within policing to sharing information [and] intelligence.You can see them looking at the camera.

If you've got money and you don't feel that the police are effective.looking for burglars and car thieves.professional force funded from general taxation.

is there room for private firms to help ease the load - or do so-called private bobbies blur the lines between police and profit?Rise of 'private policing'The firms offering private policing that I've spoken to say that demand for their services has risen.a power commonly known as a citizen's arrest.

and they've seen it's zoomed in on them.

says Mr Spencer of Policy Exchange.the waterway off Iran's southern coast.

chief economic adviser at asset manager Allianz.But it does have the potential to be a bad shock for the global economy at a bad time says Mohammed El-Erian.

It's another shock to the stability of the US-led global economic order at a time when there were already a lot of questions.higher energy costs can lead to higher prices on the shelf in many ways.