Stock Photo - 1956 - Scotland yard faces new wave of crime ..Latest pictures of the yard at work: A new wave of crime is sweeping over the country bringing with it some of the most sensational and unprecedented cases in the annals of criminal history. Fantastic bank and jewel raids, fraudulent business deals involving millions of pounds, controversial cases like Marwood and Podola - and of course, Alfred Hinds still at large. New Scotland Yard, headquarters of the Metropolitan Police since 1891, and monument of original detection, has never been so busy. On its shoulders rests the investigation of crimes not only in Great Britain but the World as well, through. Interpol which deals with the Major International Rackets. These are the latest pictures of the Yard and work and show aspects of the Information Room opened at the beginning of 1957. Here incidents within an area of 742 square miles - the Metropolitan and City districts of London - are reported through the million calls received each year. A two-way radio-telephone system sees to the needs and safety of a population of nearly 9 million. In the fingerprint files, 1,350,000 sets of fingerprints are catalogued for ready reference. A million fingerprints, each one different: Searching in the fingerprint files where, 1,350,000 sets of fingerprints are catalogs. (Credit Image: © Keystone Pictures USA/ZUMAPRESS.com)