£5.3million e-crime unit to get go-ahead

[30th April 2008]

A new centralised e-crime unit is close to getting the funding required to make it a reality.

Detective Superintendent Charlie McMurdie of the Metropolitan Police has said that the new unit is crucial, seeing as a lot of traditional crime has moved online.

All 43 police forces currently deal with e-crime, or cybercrime, separately. However, it is estimated that half of all e-crime goes unreported. Furthermore, half of those incidents that are reported are often not taken seriously and cybercriminals do not receive substantial sentences.

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Read an article that Roy Ramm wrote for Crimestoppers about 'High-Tech crime: The new dangers'