Business initiative to combat
cybercrime
London,
10 November 1999 - Business experts and top-level representatives of
law enforcement agencies will assess the growing criminal threat to electronic
commerce and its development at a one-day conference convened by the International
Chamber of Commerce on 7 December.
A key topic of the "Alliance
against commercial cybercrime" conference will be how business and law enforcement
can cooperate in combating cybercrime by sharing information and expertise.
The new cybercrime unit formed by ICC Commercial Crime Services is expected
to assume a pivotal role as a clearing house for these exchanges.
Conference participants
will be Raymond E. Kendall, Secretary General of Interpol; David C. Veness,
Assistant Commissioner, Specialist Operations, New Scotland Yard, London; and
Michael Vatis, Director, National Office for Infrastructure Protection, Federal
Bureau of Investigation, United States.
The conference in the Merchant
Taylors' Hall aims to assessing the extent of fraud and other crimes affecting
commerce over the Internet and how these crimes are likely to develop. Questions
will include:
What forms of cybercrime
are the most prevalent?
How vulnerable are corporate information systems to unlawful access and manipulation
with intent to defraud?
What defences can
be introduced against banking scams, misuse of data and intellectual property?
A conference session will
be devoted to problems of jurisdiction and international enforcement. How effective
are existing laws for dealing with cybercrime and what changes are needed? Should
law enforcement agencies be empowered to investigate and secure the arrest of
cybercriminals who are in a different country from the place of their crime
and its victims.
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