Amid crackdown, cyber scam gangs moving to Africa, Pak & Sri Lanka: I4C chief
He was speaking at the fourth Joint Cyber Crime Coordination Team (JCCT-IV) workshop in Hyderabad, which brought together police officials from Telangana and 13 other states, besides representatives of central agencies, to strengthen coordination in tackling transnational cybercrime. The workshop was attended by 45 officers from other states and representatives of 11 central agencies, including CERT-In, RBI, ED, CBI, IB, DoT and NFSU, along with officials from the four city commissionerates. Because criminal networks functioned as interconnected entities, while police investigations remained confined by jurisdictional boundaries, tGCSB director Shikha Goel pointed out that the masterminds and financiers behind cybercrime operations continued to evade law enforcement.
Seven JCCTs are operational nationwide, including one in Hyderabad, to facilitate information-sharing among states and enable coordinated action against cybercrime. She stressed the need for intelligence-led investigations, real-time information-sharing and coordinated operations involving multiple states to effectively dismantle these networks. The workshop also featured sessions on mule bank accounts, crimes against women and children, AI regulation and the use of artificial intelligence for detecting cybercrime. The recommendations emerging from the deliberations will be circulated among all participants for follow-up action.
These include a unified investigation platform, a standard operating procedure from the RBI empowering banks to stop suspicious transactions, and special nationwide operations against cybercrime infrastructure, which are expected to be launched soon. He outlined a series of second-generation reforms aimed at easing the workload of investigating officers.
Describing the Supreme Court hearing on digital arrests as an opportunity, Rajesh Kumar urged states to place their concerns before the apex court.