Subject: British Police Launch a Cyber Squad
British Police Launch a Cyber Squad to Combat Internet Crime
JASON BENNETTO
c.1999 The Independent, London
New York Times Special Features
LONDON -- A national police squad is to be set up to tackle the growing
menace of computer and Internet crime.
A confidential police assessment shows that ``cyber-crime'' in Britain
is growing -- it includes such activities as money laundering,
pornography, counterfeiting, hacking, and fraud.
The new computer crime team is expected to include experts from
universities and the electronics industry, intelligence from the
security services MI6 and MI5, as well as specialist police officers.
The squad is expected to be based at the National Criminal Intelligence
Service (NCIS) in London. Ministers have given their backing to the
idea and the police intend to ask Home Office officials next month for
extra funding for the project.
The police have already taken advice from code-breaking experts at the
National Security Agency, the American intelligence organization, and
plan to exchange information with the FBI.
The squad is expected to be called the ``High Tech Crime Unit'' and will
have ``cells'' or specialist sectors to deal with different types of
cyber-crime. They will cover a range of areas, which have been
identified in a report by the Association of Chief Police Officers
(ACPO), that include fraud, pornography, pedophile activity, spreading
race hate, counterfeiting, gambling, hacking and stealing information,
software piracy, money laundering, and sabotage involving computer
viruses.
The unit follows growing unease among chief constables and John Abbott,
the director general of NCIS, about the growth in crime committed using
computer systems and the Internet. Millions of pounds are lost every
year as criminals switch from traditional methods of law-breaking to
cyber offences where there are fewer risks of being caught.
David Phillips, the chief constable of Kent and head of the ACPO's crime
committee, said: ``Traditional crimes - deception, fraud, pornography,
swindles of all kind - are taking place via the Internet. We have to go
on the offensive as hunters in this sea of information.
``You have to go into deep battle and attack criminals whenever they
surface.'' He argued that the lack of a specialist team meant that ``at
present we are almost blind.'' He said: ``We recently had discussions
with [computer experts from] the USA who told us they were dealing with
millions of pounds of criminal transactions. They are just
mind-boggling levels of crime.'' He added that the squad, which is
likely to be set up next year, would link up with forces throughout the
country.
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