Teaming Agreement to Provide Regional Customer Services for New York/New England Market
LONDON, Feb. 15, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- E-Waste Systems, Inc. (OTC BB: EWSI) announced today that it has joined forces with CR Electronics to expand its geographic and technical coverage for the New York/New England area.
CR Electronics is a trading partner of Rick Fine and Fine Resources, which are both partners of EWSI. Based in the heart of the Northeast, CRE is a high quality operator in the end of life electronics industry. The new agreement will allow seamless, best in class delivery of services to customers of both companies with consistent, high quality standards, and is initially designed to support EWSI's business development initiatives in New York/New England region.
EWSI's strategy includes acquiring and partnering with quality enterprises with innovative management, who share the commitment to providing compliant, cost-effective and environmentally-responsible services for e-waste reverse logistics and recycling. Through partnerships and acquisitions; thought leading business development; and Fair Trade E-waste solutions, EWSI expects to extend its reach and offering; to apply best practice professional management; and to invest in state-of-the-art technology.
"We are very pleased to link up with Chris Rahilly and his team at CRE," Martin Nielson, CEO, EWSI stated. "We recently launched some very promising initiatives in the region and we think Chris's team is well positioned to help us implement the high-end technical solutions required."
Mr. Rahilly commented, "Rick and I are excited to bring our location in the Northeast and our technical skills in asset recovery to this relationship with EWSI. We believe there are solid opportunities to achieve real competitive differentiation by working together in this partnership."
The three-year agreement defines the quality services under offer; provides for full audit trails of all transactions; provides a mechanism for sharing in the economic benefit; requires periodic reviews; and includes non-disclosure and non-circumvention terms.
About E-Waste Systems:
Headquartered in London, where e-waste regulations are the most stringent in the world, EWSI aims to be a leading provider of e-waste related services in key jurisdictions globally. Blumberg Associates estimates the sector at $55B annually as legislation mandates that e-waste can no longer be landfilled. OEM's, retailers and users are increasingly responsible for end-of-life management of e-waste, while Corporate Social Responsibility demands highly compliant, professional solution providers. The industry is also highly fragmented and EWSI considers these elements as an attractive environment for its buy, build, and upgrade strategy. Visit www.ewastesystems.com
Forward-Looking Statement:
Herein, regarding EWSI's future results or actions, the words "anticipate," "believe," "estimate," "may," "intend," "expect", etc. are' forward-looking statements' within the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and are subject to risks, uncertainties, and other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially, including, but not limited to, future capital needs, changes, delays, or market acceptance.
Contact:E-Waste Systems, Inc. Martin Nielson, CEO +1 650 283 2907mnielson@ewastesystems.com Rick Fine, Business Developmentrfine@ewastesystems.com
Suspected Anonymous Hackers Arrested Across South America and Europe | Fox News Latino
Twenty-five suspected members of the loose-knit Anonymous hacker movement, accused of planning coordinated cyber attacks against institutions including Colombia's defense ministry and presidential websites, have been arrested in an Interpol sweep across South America and Europe. The international police agency said in a statement Tuesday that the arrests in Argentina, Chile, Colombia and Spain were carried out by national law enforcement officers working under the support of Interpol's Latin American Working Group of Experts on Information Technology Crime. The suspects, aged between 17 and 40, are also suspected of planning coordinated cyber attacks against Chile's Endesa electricity company and national library, as well as other targets. Anonymous Hacks Colombian Prez's Facebook Page Interpol, you can't take Anonymous. It's an idea. - Alleged Anonymous Tweet The arrests followed an ongoing investigation begun in mid-February which also led to the seizure of 250 items of IT equipment and mobile phones in searches of 40 premises in 15 cities, Interpol said. In Chile's capital, Subprefect Jamie Jara said at a news conference that authorities arrested five Chileans and a Colombian. Two of the Chileans are 17-year-old minors. The case was being handled by prosecutor Marcos Mercado, who specializes in computer crime. He said the suspects were charged with altering websites, including that of Chile's National Library, and engaging in denial-of-service attacks on websites of the electricity companies Endesa and Hidroaysen. The charges carry a penalty of 541 days to five years in prison, he said. Jara said the arrests resulted from a recently begun investigation and officials do not yet know if those arrested are tied to any "illicit group." "For now, we have not established that they have had any special communications among themselves," he said. Hackers Threaten Zetas Drug Cartel Jara said authorities were continuing to investigate other avenues, but gave no details. Gen. Carlos Mena, commander of Colombia's Judicial Police, said no one was arrested in Colombia, but he noted that some Colombians had been arrested elsewhere, including Chile. He said he hadn't confirmed a report that one of those arrested in Argentina may have been from Colombia. Mena did hint that there might be arrests in Colombia. He said other nations have been providing information and Colombian authorities are looking into it, but so far haven't arrested any hackers. "You have to leave them alone, so when we have all the evidence, and the prosecutor makes the decision, we will be all over it and capturing them," he said. No official statements have been released yet in Argentina. An Argentine media website based its story on the Interpol statement, which it quotes as saying that 10 people were arrested in Argentina. Earlier Tuesday, police in Spain announced the arrest of four suspected Anonymous hackers in connection with attacks on Spanish political party websites. These four were among the 25 announced by Interpol. Best Pix of the Week A National Police statement said two servers used by the group in Bulgaria and the Czech Republic have been blocked. It said the four included the alleged manager of Anonymous' computer operations in Spain and Latin America, who was identified only by his initials and the aliases "Thunder" and "Pacotron." The four are suspected of defacing websites, carrying out denial-of-service attacks and publishing data on police assigned to the royal palace and the premier's office online. Interpol is headquartered in Lyon, France. The organization has no powers of arrest or investigation but it helps police forces around the world work together, facilitating intelligence sharing. Anonymous, whose genesis can be traced back to a popular U.S. image messaging board, has become increasingly politicized amid a global clampdown on music piracy and the international controversy over the secret-spilling site WikiLeaks, with which many of its supporters identify. Authorities in Europe, North America and elsewhere have made dozens of arrests, and Anonymous has increasingly attacked law enforcement, military and intelligence-linked targets in retaliation. One of Anonymous' most spectacular coups: Secretly recording a conference call between U.S. and British cyber investigators tasked with bringing the group to justice. Anonymous has no real membership structure. Hackers, activists, and supporters can claim allegiance to its freewheeling principles at their convenience, so it's unclear what impact the arrests will have. Some Internet chatter appeared to point to a revenge attack on Interpol's website, but the police organization's home page appeared to operating as normal late Tuesday. One Twitter account purportedly associated with Anonymous' Brazilian wing said the sweep would fail. "Interpol, you can't take Anonymous," the message read. "It's an idea." Based on reporting by the Associated Press.
