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MPs demand more cash for e-crime battle
News In a parliamentary debate on internet fraud today, MPs said the government needs to "look again" at the £7m funding for the Police Central e-crime Unit (PCeU). MPs have called for more... [05 Nov 2008]
UK Plc feels abandoned to cyber crime onslaught
News It will be supported by the National Fraud Reporting Centre, which will offer a single contact centre for the reporting of all fraud - including online, the National Fraud Strategic... [03 Nov 2008]
UK struck by cyber crime wave
News Speaking at the RSA Conference 2008 in London, Microsoft chief security advisor Ed Gibson, who helped advise government on the newly formed Police Central E-crime Unit (PCEU), described the... [30 Oct 2008]
Lords to debate security progress of "wild west" web
News Lord Broers said that while the government had made progress on establishing a dedicated e-crime unit, it was still behind in encouraging software makers to accept liability for insecure code, and... [06 Oct 2008]
Police fraud centre ready for takeoff
News Detective superintendent Charlie McMurdie of the Metropolitan Police Service, one of the architects of the Police Central e-Crime Unit (PCeU), has revealed pilots for the National Fraud... [02 Oct 2008]
Do you have what it takes to be an e-caped crusader?
News McMurdie also wants to establish a unit where police work with industry, so that when reports of high volume fraud come in, both are equipped to prevent, investigate and prosecute the... [01 Oct 2008]
Can £7m dent £105bn cyber crime menace?
News British business has questioned how a newly created £7m police unit will help tackle a global cyber crime industry estimated to be worth £105bn. From spring 2009 the Police Central... [01 Oct 2008]
'Broken: E-crime policing in the UK'
News Michael is an enthusiastic supporter of the proposed Policing Central E-crime Unit (PCEU) and the National Fraud Strategic Authority (NFSA), seeing them as vital to combating the... [15 Sep 2008]
UK crime fighters grapple with iPhone wipe threat
News The government has committed itself to funding such a unit and indicated it could be part of the proposed National Fraud Reporting Centre, under the Attorney General's Office, while the Metropolitan... [02 Sep 2008]
Criminals hack chip and PIN terminals
News The discovery was made by specialist card fraud police unit, the Dedicated Cheque and Plastic Crime Unit (DCPU), when it raided a sophisticated counterfeit card factory... [14 Aug 2008]
Are banks going soft on e-crime?
News In its follow up report, the committee also urges the government to make it easier for victims of electronic fraud to get compensation, put funding in place for a central e-crime policing... [08 Jul 2008]
E-crime unit on track, says police chief
News It comes after Home Office minister Vernon Coaker told a House of Lords science and technology committee that the National Fraud Reporting Centre (NFRC) could take the lead on co-ordinating e-crime... [13 Jun 2008]
Phishing, malware and online fraud is booming
News The UK Threat Assessment of Serious Organised Crime pinpoints a surge in attempts to hijack bank accounts using email phishing and key logging malware.silicon.com's e-Crime Crackdown campaign is calling... [06 Jun 2008]
Revealed: Cyber crimefighting successes
News E-crime is not explicitly identified as one of Soca's priority areas - drug trafficking, organised immigration crime and fraud - as set by the government. But whereas the report details... [15 May 2008]
National fraud reporting centre to arrive next year
News A spokesman for the Attorney General's Office said: "A proof-of-concept model is being developed and will be tested from the summer, for six months, with aim to identify what information is not being compared currently and join up... [28 Apr 2008]
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