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[FYI] UK: Cyber crime grows, warns DPP
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- Date: Sun, 11 Jul 1999 12:44:04 +0100
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Cyber crime grows, warns DPP
Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) lawyers
must be alert to the
dangers of hi-tech Internet crime, the
Director of Public Prosecutions told
prosecutors at a CPS conference on computer
crime last week.
Speaking at the London event, David
Calvert-Smith warned that
computers and the Internet were increasingly
being used by `cyber-criminals'. He said: `The
Internet... is an unregulated, complex and
some would say anarchic environment which does
not recognise international boundaries'.
Mr Calvert-Smith continued: `The
jurisdictional difficulties and the
anonymity the Internet offers, provide
unprecedented opportunities for the
cyber-criminal. It is not only used for
conventional crimes such as fraud,
drug-dealing and the possession of child
pornography, but for organised crime,
terrorism and money laundering. New forms of
crime have emerged such as `on-line
harassment', `cyber-stalking' and hacking'.
The CPS had successfully prosecuted a
number of cases, in
particular in child pornography offences, but
it still had much to learn and had to make the
best of available expertise, he said. On a
more positive note, Mr Calvert-Smith
concluded: `The Internet can equally be a
friend of law enforcement in tracing criminal
activity, as it can be an enemy'.
CPS solicitor Baljit Ubhey, who
co-organised the conference, said:
`The CPS has raised its profile recently in
the area of high-tech crime. For example,
liaison with outside agencies and government
departments on legal issues surrounding
computer crime has strengthened. But we need
to share best practice and spread knowledge
about prosecuting in this unique area
throughout the CPS'.
Dan Bindman
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