Priorities

Creation of a comprehensive police response to e-Crime in the UK will require longterm and ongoing development of police structures, processes and capability.

Immediate priorities have been identified as:

o To implement a Forensic Triage process to target e-Crime resources effectively

and reduce computer forensic backlog within forces

o To improve the accuracy of e-Crime recording

o To raise understanding of e-Crime within the Police Service, and improve frontline officers’ skills

o To increase police specialist e-Crime investigative capability

o To establish processes to co-ordinate police e-Crime response across the country

o To build effective partnership relationships with industry, government and academia

o To educate the public on the action they can take to protect themselves, and to prevent e-Crime

Critical Success Factors Achievement of this strategy will be dependent upon:

o Continued support and funding for e-Crime as a priority at Government level

o Engagement by industry – willingness to work in partnership with each other and law enforcement, and support prosecution of offenders

o Cooperation between all law enforcement agencies to tackle e-Crime

o Increased understanding of eCrime across the Criminal Justice Sector

Cybercrimes(unit 12)

Like traditional crime,Cybercrime can take many shapes and can occur nearly anytime an anyplace.Criminals commiting cybercrime use a number of methods,depending on their skill-set and their goal.This should not be surprising:cybercrime is,after all,simply crime with some sort of computer or cyber espect.

Cybercrimes can be basically divided into 3 major categories being - cybercrimes against persons,property and Goverment.

Cybercrimes committed against persons include various crimes like transmission of child-pornography,yfrassment of any one with the use of a computer such as e-mail,and cyber-stalking.

The second category of Cybercrimes is that of Cybercrimes against all forms of property.These crimes include unauthorized computer trespassing throuth cyberspace,computer vandalism,transmission of harmful programs and unauthorized possession of computerized information.

Hacking and cracking are amongst the gravest Cybercrimes known till date/It is a dreadful feeling to know that someone has broken into your computer systems without your knowledge and consent and has tampered - with precious confidential data and information.Software piracy is also another distinct kind of Cybercrime which is perpetuated by many people online who distribute illegal and unauthorized pirated copies of software.

The third category of Cybercrime relate to Cybercrime against Government.Terrorism is is one distinct kind of crime in this category.The growth of Internet has shown that the medium of Cyberspace is being used by individuals and groups to threaten the international governments as also to terrorise the citizens of a country.This crime manifests inself into terrorism when an individual cracks into a government or military maintained wedsite.

VIII The Internet and networked computer systems are now fundamental to the way we

live our lives. Few activities in the modern world are not touched by technology –

from booking a concert ticket to withdrawing money from the bank. However the

very convenience and accessibility of this technology has created many new

opportunities for criminals.

The first significant national police response to e-Crime in England, Wales and

Northern Ireland was the creation of the National Hi-Tech Crime Unit (NHTCU) in

2001, along with 43 local Hi-Tech Crime Units at force level.

The absorption of NHTCU into the Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA) in 2006

however created a gap at national level within the Police Service. This gap led to a

reduced focus on mainstream e-Crime prevention issues, a lack of clear co-ordination

of police e-Crime resources, and a reduced capability to investigate large-scale eCrime that did not fall within the remit of SOCA.

In April 2008 the growing prominence of e-Crime led ACPO to create the ACPO eCrime Portfolio

In September 2008 the Home Office announced it would provide £3.5m of funding

over 3 years to establish a Police Central e-Crime Unit (PCeU), to be hosted by the

MPS as Lead Force for e-Crime.

In January 2009 the National e-Crime Programme was created to co-ordinate the

growing number of e-Crime initiatives being identified and implemented under the

ACPO e-Crime Portfolio.

It describes our strategic aims, the National eCrime Programme that will put these into practice, the challenges that will be faced in implementing this strategy, and the action the Police Service will take to achieve it in partnership with government, industry and academia.