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RSS socaSoca's cybercrime cops score 21 convictions
News In response to a written parliamentary question this week, Home Secretary Alan Johnson said from April 2006 until March 2009 the e-crime unit of the Serious Organised Crime Agency (Soca) was involved in 22 prosecutions... [15 Jul 2009]
Soca socking it to the cyber criminals
News The Serious Organised Crime Agency (Soca) has revealed some of its crime fighting successes over the last year. Soca's annual report, published yesterday, details a year of fighting e-crime, from leading... [14 May 2009]
Soca game for £500m tech revamp
News The Serious Organised Crime Agency (Soca) is preparing to embark on a £500m project to integrate its IT systems. Soca is looking for suppliers for the project, to begin in 2010, to bring together around... [10 Dec 2008]
Will SOCA kick online fraud into touch?
Comment The Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA) is to bring 4,000 specialist agents together and the National Hi-Tech Crime Unit (NHTCU) - the UK's computer police - has become part of the new body. One of the objectives of... [04 Apr 2006]
Police chief: Cyber crime is everywhere
News The head of e-crime for the Serious Organised Crime Agency (Soca), Sharon Lemon, has warned e-crime is so widespread it now plays a role in nearly every criminal investigation. Soca has also announced it... [19 Mar 2008]
Leader: UK FBI risks abandoning e-crime victims
Leader But one of the lesser-noted implications of the launch of the Serious and Organised Crime Agency (SOCA) is the fate of the National Hi-Tech Crime Unit (NHTCU), which along with a number of other specialist groups has... [04 Apr 2006]
UK's "FBI" takes on cyber-criminals
News Drug trafficking, organised immigration crime, money laundering and identity fraud will be the main targets of the new Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA), dubbed the UK's FBI. SOCA has been formed by... [03 Apr 2006]
Revealed: Cyber crimefighting successes
News The Serious Organised Crime Agency's (Soca) 2007 to 2008 report details work by the agency over the past year. Notable cyber crime success include Operation Ajowan, where Soca broke up a website where... [15 May 2008]
Tech-savvy recruited for organised crime
News As organised criminals move from more traditional crimes, such as armed robbery, towards e-crime, there is evidence that they are targeting university students, graduates and the tech savvy for recruitment, according to security experts... [23 Jun 2008]
Cyber crime ring stung by police raid
News The forum, described by the Serious Organised Crime Agency (Soca) as "one of the most pernicious online criminal forums in the world", enabled participants to buy and sell personal data, and trade in equipment used in... [17 Oct 2008]
e-Crime Crackdown - silicon.com launches national campaign
News Police, businesses and politicians say Britain is ill equipped to deal with the growing threat and have been demanding a dedicated e-crime police unit since the National High Tech Crime Unit (NHTCU) was absorbed into the Serious... [12 Mar 2008]
UK needs cyber-crime reporting body
News But last year the NHCTU was rolled into the Serious and Organised Crime Agency (SOCA). SOCA said the NHTCU has become the core of the e-crime unit of SOCA, with an expanded remit and... [19 Jul 2007]
'Ransomware' hackers to go unpunished?
News Cases such as the Archiveus incident would previously have been dealt with by the National High Tech Crime Unit (NHTCU), which was amalgamated into the Serious and Organised Crime Agency (Soca) in April. [05 Jun 2006]
"Trusted insiders" a threat to corporate security
News Speaking today at the Infosecurity conference in London, Tony Neate, e-crime liaison for the Serious Organised Crime Agency (Soca), said insider 'plants' are causing significant damage to companies. Soca... [25 Apr 2006]
Phishing, malware and online fraud is booming
News The report by the Serious Organised Crime Agency (Soca) says groups of criminals worldwide are collaborating over the web, specialising in roles from spamming to trading stolen personal data. Soca also... [06 Jun 2008]
