2009–2011 News of the World phone hacking scandal investigations 2009–2011 News of the World phone hacking scandal investigations The "News of the World" phone hacking scandal investigations followed the revelations in 2005 of voicemail interception on behalf of "News of the World". Despite wider evidence of wrongdoing, the "News of the World" royal phone hacking scandal appeared resolved with the 2007 conviction of the "News of the World" royal editor Clive Goodman and the private investigator Glenn Mulcaire, and the resignation of editor Andy Coulson. However, a series of civil legal cases and investigations by newspapers, parliament and the police ultimately saw evidence of "industrial scale" phone hacking, leading
2009–2011 News of the World phone hacking scandal investigations warning that the Metropolitan Police would "deeply resent" an inquiry. Several days later the paper revealed comments by former "News of the World" journalist Paul McMullan on how widespread phone hacking had been under Andy Coulson; McMullan was one of six former "News of the World" journalists "who have independently told the Guardian that Coulson ... knew that his reporters were engaging in unlawful acts.". In September 2010, "The New York Times" published the results of an investigation it had begun in March which revealed further details about the extent of the "News of the World"'s phone hacking, and about