[kictanet] Government helpless as cyber criminals target women

[Victor Bwire]

Hi

Interesting but the article did not cover some issues- I am told that the main reason the unit was disbanded- the team became rogue- remember a Kenyan arrested in Israel with 100 million bob shopping for some computer soft ware to facilitate inter-banking cash transfer- when asked- he says he is the head of the cyber crime, an inspector of police( It was true)- and was sent by the Kenyan Government to purchase the soft ware- when Police Commissioner is asked- he is not aware- CID- boss- not aware-  he was deported to Kenya, interdicted but has since been reinstated. The name is public

Remember some CCTV footage at KICC that caught some guys with huge some of monies- identification indicated some officers from the squad-
the rest is history- am told something is being done.

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From: kictanet-bounces+victor=article19.org at lists.kictanet.or.ke [kictanet-bounces+victor=article19.org at lists.kictanet.or.ke] on behalf of Edith Adera [eadera at idrc.or.ke]
Sent: 03 May 2011 13:25
To: Victor Bwire
Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions
Subject: [kictanet] Government helpless as cyber criminals target women

Listers,

This article, forwarded to me by a journalist, covers a pertinent issue in the country, which has not been debated much.

Congrats Alice for the study and raising some important policy issues that require attention and can make for some interesting debate on this list.

 Click here for more details
http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/InsidePage.php?id=2000034341&cid=4&

It's timely given the earlier email shared by a lister in which his life was threatened.

I'm shocked to learn from the report that after Government trained policemen for 4 months in the US to set up a cybercrime unit within CID, nothing has taken off and the same "well trained staff" have been redeployed elsewhere! when we all know that current and future crime will take place in cyberspace....are we going forward as a country? Any one knows if there are any plans to resuscitate this unit?

Thanks Alice for bringing these issues to our attention!

Edith
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