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Australian Federal Police Unite Tech Units in Fight Against Cyber Crime

Marcus Browne writes on ZDNet.com.au:

The Australian Federal Police (AFP) yesterday finalised the restructuring of its high tech crimes division, with the announcement that the force's final two independent technical units have been amalgamated with High Tech Crimes Operations.

The national law enforcement agency had maintained two independent online crime departments: the Australian High Tech Crimes Centre (AHTCC) and the Online Child Sex Exploitation Team (OCSET) until June last year, when the two merged to become Australian Federal Police High Tech Crimes Operations, headed up by AFP chief of staff and assistant commissioner Andrew Colvin.

Both departments had operated autonomously from each other and were separately funded until last year's amalgamation was introduced in an attempt to streamline the forces' online investigative and technical capabilities.

posted by Fergie @ 3/03/2008 11:24:00 PM