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The International Cyber Cop Unit

Posted by samzenpus on from the cool-job-title dept.

coondoggie writes "A group of international cyber cops is ramping up plans to fight online crime across borders. The unit, known as the Strategic Alliance Cyber Crime Working Group, met this month in London and is made up of high-level online law enforcement representatives from the U.S., Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom. One of the main goals of the group is to fight cyber crime in a common way by sharing intelligence, swapping tools and best practices, and strengthening and synchronizing their respective laws."

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  1. We should sic em on the MAFIAA by Finallyjoined!!! · · Score: 2, Informative

    As they are patently criminal organizations. :-)

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  2. UKUSA intelligence sharing to become stronger? by Aaron+England · · Score: 5, Informative

    It is interesting to note that the countries named as part of this Strategic Alliance Cyber Crime Working Group, are also part of the UKUSA community. This is significant because said community forms the alliance of nations that is responsible for ECHELON, a program that collects and analyzes signals intelligence from all over the globe.

  3. I don't want new laws, but... by j0nb0y · · Score: 1, Informative

    I don't want new laws, but we have to realize that cyber crime is a global problem.

    If law enforcement can't cooperate internationally, then law enforcement isn't going to be very effective against cyber crime.

    On a different note, didn't we move past the whole "cyber" thing a long time ago? We should call it "Internet crime" or computer crime instead. "Cyber crime" is lame.

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