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Cheat Sheet: The Police Central e-crime Unit
Cheat Sheet All this information sharing's fine and dandy, but what about chasing actual criminals? There's also the City of London Police force, which battles online crime as part of its role as the national lead... [20 Jul 2009]
Soca's cybercrime cops score 21 convictions
News The aim is not just to pursue the criminals involved, many of whom operate beyond the reach of our courts, but also provide long-term solutions for harm reduction on the internet," he said. As well as fighting homegrown... [15 Jul 2009]
Labour politician joins calls to scrap ID cards
News What about the organised criminals? Shadow home secretary Chris Grayling poured scorn on the idea that a voluntary card would be any use in combating crime and terrorism. The government... [07 Jul 2009]
Britain to get official cyber attack dogs
News The Cabinet Office official said the government would try to respond to attacks on UK systems by recourse to the law: "Whenever we can, we will pursue criminals through legal frameworks, but that only works in some... [25 Jun 2009]
Soca socking it to the cyber criminals
News Soca also made significant progress in sharing data on criminals, embedding IT systems and staff in police-led regional intelligence units. The Serious Organised Crime Agency (Soca) has... [14 May 2009]
Cross-border policing to take down digital crims
News The FBI agent whose undercover sting operation led to the dismantling of an international cybercrime ring believes that increasing transnational police co-operation is turning the tide against digital criminals. [23 Apr 2009]
EU looks to tap up VoIP conversations
News The Italian government has cited concerns that organised criminals and arms and drug traffickers are using VoIP services such as Skype to avoid traditional, more easily tapped phone networks. Our aim is... [23 Feb 2009]
"We must not allow ourselves to become a Big Brother society"
News The Home Office insisted that the information collated would be used to track serious criminals and not used for actions such as catching benefit cheats. The centre will be run by the UK Identity and Passport Service,... [10 Feb 2009]
UK consumers worth £14k each to cyber criminals
News Each adult in the UK is worth about £14,500 to internet criminals according to the UK's online security guardians. The value of the average UK person's salary and credit card details to online fraudsters was revealed in... [17 Nov 2008]
UK Plc feels abandoned to cyber crime onslaught
News UK businesses are increasingly being targeted by cyber criminals emboldened by a lack of policing, according to a new survey. Nearly half of those questioned, 48 per cent, backed calls for "consistent and appropriate... [03 Nov 2008]
Police fraud centre ready for takeoff
News The centre will work hand-in-hand with the PCeU as a central contact point for individuals and companies targeted by cyber criminals. Detective superintendent Charlie McMurdie of the Metropolitan Police Service, one of... [02 Oct 2008]
Email and web snoop plans slammed - again
News It follows an earlier admission by a Home Office spokesperson that the information would be of little use in tackling organised crime, as serious criminals will be able to disguise their... [04 Sep 2008]
Criminals hack chip and PIN terminals
News The criminals are then able to steal card details and PIN numbers. The discovery was made by specialist card fraud police unit, the Dedicated Cheque and Plastic Crime Unit (DCPU), when it raided a... [14 Aug 2008]
£68m 'snooping' database: Little impact on serious crime
News But a spokeswoman for the Home Office admitted the proposals would be of restricted use against organised criminals or terrorist organisations, as they were likely to disguise their communications. The... [13 Aug 2008]
Are banks going soft on e-crime?
News Meanwhile people are seeing these problems getting worse and worse and the criminals are getting away with it. The Lords science and technology committee has called for people to be able to report crime... [08 Jul 2008]
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