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
News International phone hacking scandal man is the sixth person to be arrested in the UK under the "News International"-related legal probe, Operation Elveden. The 48-year-old "The Sun" journalist Jamie Pyatt had been arrested by detectives on 4 November 2011 investigating illegal payments to police officers by journalists and has been released on bail. On 2 October 2012, two individuals associated with the earliest investigations (1999) into the phone hacking scandal were arrested. Private investigator Jonathan Rees and "News of the World" journalist Alex Marunchak were arrested for alleged offences under section 3 of the Computer Misuse Act 1990 and sections 1 and 2 of