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Article: STATE DEPT.: LAW ENFORCEMENT, INDUSTRY TEAM UP TO FIGHT ONLINE CRIME
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- April 24, 2006
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The U.S. Department of State's International Information Programs issued the following press release:
By Cheryl Pellerin Washington File Staff Writer
Commerce is booming on the Internet, creating profits for merchants, convenience for customers - and a chance for lawbreakers around the world to practice their trade.
To fight such Internet crime, also called cybercrime, U.S. federal agencies, international law enforcement organizations and industry targets of computer crimes are working together to track down the "bad guys" and put them out of business.
Daniel Larkin, unit chief of the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) at the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), held an online ...