Metropolitan Police role in the news media phone hacking scandal Prosecutions Ken Macdonald to review the emails newspaper executives had used as the basis of their claim that no one at "News of the World" but Clive Goodman had been involved in phone hacking. Macdonald immediately concluded there was evidence of criminal activity, including payments to serving police officers, leading the Met to open an investigation focused on bribery and corruption within its ranks. (See discussion of Operation Elveden, below.) On 4 July 2011, "The Guardian" published an article authored by Nick Davies and Amelia Hill titled "Missing Milly Dowler's voicemail was hacked by News of the World." This article
News media phone hacking scandal reference lists that two senior journalists working for "The Sun", a newspaper owned by News International, appeared to have attempted suicide in the face of ongoing investigations relating to the phone hacking scandal. At that time, eleven current and former staff members of "The Sun" had been arrested on suspicion of bribing police or civil servants for information. For additional narrative regarding some of the arrests on this list, see also: This is a partial list of timelines available online that contain detailed chronological information relating to the phone hacking scandal. News media phone hacking scandal reference lists The phone hacking scandal