Major-General Khalil
Ibrahim Al-Mansouri, Assistant Commander-in-Chief of Dubai Police for Criminal
Investigation, has revealed that its anti-e-crime team had prevented 901
e-crimes, involving more than AED 9 million, between January and 23rd June,
2015.
Addressing a press
conference today, he said last year the Dubai Police had reported 1,576 similar
cases involving a sum to the tune of AED 28 million, compared to 1,513 cases
involving AED 21 million in 2013.
He noted that the
e-crimes foiled by the Dubai Police included those related to financial fraud,
deception, theft, threat, blackmail, breach of privacy, slander, defamation and
insult, theft of telephone services and impersonation.
Major-General
Al-Mansouri emphasised that Dubai Police is fully ready to handle e-crimes and
protect members of the public using advanced and smart technology and software.
Dubai Police, he
stressed, was working diligently to develop the capacities of technicians
working to stem e-crimes. The Dubai Police have a strong team of 58 e-crime
experts while 45 others were sent abroad for studying modern e-crime technology
and techniques. Of them 20 are specializing in e-evidence.
He added that Dubai
Police was a leader in introducing the most sophisticated techniques to prevent
crimes as part of its efforts to fulfil the aspirations of Dubai Smart
Government and deliver Dubai Police strategy to maintain security and safeguard
public and individual rights. –End-
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