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Cheat Sheet: The Police Central e-crime Unit
Cheat Sheet There's also the City of London Police force, which battles online crime as part of its role as the national lead police force for fraud and the Serious Organised Crime Agency (Soca) also has a dedicated e-crime unit,... [20 Jul 2009]
Soca'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]
Inside the government's Facebook monitoring plans
News Speaking at the launch of a consultation entitled Protecting the Public in a Changing Communications Environment, Jacqui Smith said it is essential for such information to be easily accessible by public authorities, including the police,... [27 Apr 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]
UK Plc feels abandoned to cyber crime onslaught
News Ollie Ross, director of research at Tif, said that the figures compare unfavourably with the £25m of funding used to start up the National High-Tech Crime Unit (NHTCU) - the forerunner to PCeU that was rolled into the Serious Organised... [03 Nov 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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
Police forces lack e-crime expertise and resources
News All 12 CIOs and IT directors on this week's CIO Jury are backing silicon.com's e-Crime Crackdown campaign for a dedicated national police e-crime unit, following the government's decision to hand over the now defunct National High-Tech... [18 Mar 2008]
UK Plc calls for national police e-crime force
News Catherine Bowen, head of crime policy at the BRC, said: "The Serious Organised Crime Agency (Soca) have not maintained those links with industry on business-related e-crime, we seem to have fallen off the bottom of the... [14 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... [12 Mar 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]
