Saturday, August 30, 2008

Trying to solve cyber crime

Last 21 July 2008, a House Resolution was filed (Resolution No. 671 entitled “Resolution Directing the Proper House Committee to Conduct An Inquiry, In Aid of Legislation, on the Reported Increase of Computer Related Crimes in the Country”.

This resolution, citing various news reports stated that 2,624 computer-related crimes were reported from 2003 to 2007. The cases included, among others, credit card fraud, hacking, pornography, and copyright infringement.

According to the news articles in the Philippine Daily Inquirer, which was also quoted in the resolution, there are only nine (9) operatives of the PNP CIDG who were assigned to investigate computer-related crimes.

Given the fact that computer-related crimes in the country continue to increase, it is unfortunate that our law enforcement agencies are not sufficiently equipped with the necessary manpower and technical skills to solve cases involving computer-related crimes.

If we really want to solve computer related crimes in the country, what we need initially is to provide sufficient training to our law enforcement agents. Providing incentives for recruitment of new law enforcement agents will also help.

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