This article dealt with police response to reported e-crimes and the opinions held by businesses in the UK. All this interviewing in the article is a precursor to the Police Central e-Crime Unit that is to take effect in 2009. Because the UK previously lost its National High-Tech Crime Unit to a higher level of government, local forces have been left to deal with the issues. As in any offence, not every crime is reported, but the sheer number of e-crimes makes it impossible to do so anyway. Of the e-crimes that are reported, it is believed that police lack the knowledge and resources to combat them as many appear technologically unprepared and some uninterested in the crime. Businesses are concerned that police do not fathom the seriousness that e-crimes represent. Of the 150 companies participating in the survey, 56.7% thought that cyber crimes would not be investigated thoroughly by police, while 30% felt that nobody that they reported to would intervene and help. 48% of participants held that they would support harsher laws and consequences that are “consistent and appropriate penalties for cyber criminals”. Overall, the reaction of those interviewed felt that not only are e-crimes above the police, they do not take it as a serious threat, while everyday worldwide, businesses loose more and more money to cyber criminals.
Cyber criminals effect businesses and individuals worldwide and I think that it was interesting to see the responses that businesses gave when asked if they thought that the government was helpful in investigating and prosecuting offenders. It is clear that government help is viewed as ineffective and that it needs to become more integrated into they local law enforcement. Although this interview was conducted in the UK, the world can take away this information presented and help to fight this global crime.
http://www.zdnet.co.uk/misc/print/0,1000000169,39539069-39001093c,00.htm
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