The International Criminal Police Organisation (Interpol), has said that the Nigeria Police Force National Cybercrime Centre (NPF-NCCC), is setting the pace in the fight against cybercrime in Africa.
Abuja — The International Criminal Police Organisation , has said that the Nigeria Police Force National Cybercrime Centre , is setting the pace in the fight against cybercrime in Africa .
According to him,"We cannot succeed in the fight against cybercrime in isolation. Either from the law enforcement side, from private sector or other relevant stakeholders. We have to work together. "We have been providing supports to member countries, having different initiative with relevant stakeholders in terms of cyber intelligence sharing, cybercrime collaboration and coordination of operations and we have different funding under cybercrime to provide tools in terms of developing capabilities to member countries."
"I know that the Office of the National Security Adviser , is actually coordinating for us to bring input that can enable us come up with improved legal instrument that can actually back us up in terms of laws to be able to carry out our responsibility seamlessly and to protect victims of cybercrime. That is ongoing."
The Director General/CEO, National Identity Management Commission , Abisoye Coker-Odusote, applauded the Nigeria Police Force National Cybercrime Centre , for their efforts in tackling cybercrime related activities such as identity theft, stating that they had been a great support to NIMC in tackling some of these crimes on the cyber space.Coker-Odusote said the security agencies had been able to resolve some kidnapping cases and that was what the fight against cybercrime is all about.
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