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Australian Cybercrime Fight Derailed by Overseas Officers

Marcus Browne writes on ZDNet Australia:

Efforts to fight high-tech crime are suffering as a result of overseas deployments which drain both the manpower and resources of the Australian Federal Police (AFP), a senior police figure has revealed.

"These deployments represent a diversion to roles that are different to what officers had been doing," Jim Toor, CEO of the Australian Federal Police Association (AFPA), told ZDNet Australia.

Toor said that these areas included, but were not limited to, high-tech crimes such as child pornography and identity theft investigations.

"It requires a huge commitment to fight these emerging crime types, the technology moves so quickly, and the AFP has a large focus on that sort of criminality," he said.

posted by Fergie @ 1/10/2008 09:17:00 PM