e-crime crackdown launched

e-Crime Crackdown: Timeline

News This is why silicon.com has launched its e-Crime Crackdown campaign calling for a national police e-crime unit. Trojans are increasingly used to target companies' top brass silicon.com's e-Crime Crackdown campaign is calling for a national UK cyber...

Tags: cyber crime, nhtcu, e-crime, crime

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[12 Mar 2008]

Police e-crime funding set for green light?

News Police, businesses and politicians have been calling for a dedicated cyber crime unit since the National High Tech Crime Unit (NHTCU) was absorbed into the Serious and Organised Crime Agency (Soca) in 2006.silicon.com has also this week launched...

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[12 Mar 2008]

Cyber crime: Police not taking it seriously

News Make your voice heard by leaving a Reader Comment below or emailing us in confidence at editorial@silicon.com.silicon.com is currently running its e-Crime Crackdown campaign for a dedicated high-tech national police crime unit to deal with the...

Tags: hacking, police, e-crime

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[07 Apr 2008]

Police backs calls for e-crime unit

News Some of the biggest names in law enforcement, business and the IT industry have thrown their weight behind our e-Crime Crackdown campaign.silicon.com's e-Crime Crackdown campaign is calling for a national UK cyber crime police unit.

Tags: cyber crime, nhtcu, e-crime, crime

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[12 Mar 2008]

UK 'failing on cyber crime'

News Shadow home secretary David Davis said a crime is committed online in the UK "every ten seconds" - costing UK businesses £10bn a year.silicon.com's e-Crime Crackdown campaign is calling for a national UK cyber crime police unit.

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[03 Apr 2008]

Will SOCA kick online fraud into touch?

Comment One of the objectives of SOCA is to launch a crackdown on financial crime, such as money laundering and online fraud. Tony Blair has launched the UK's very own FBI to fight back against organised crime.

Tags: anti-fraud, fraud

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[04 Apr 2006]

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 information that...

Tags: security, cyber crime, fraud

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[28 Apr 2008]

Police chief: Cyber crime is everywhere

News She said: "The thing that is disturbing us the most is the exchange of stolen credit card data and the scale on which it is being traded on the internet and its availability to be bought.silicon.com's e-Crime Crackdown campaign is calling for a...

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[19 Mar 2008]