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The Computer Crime Unit is a centre of excellence in regard to computer and cyber crime committed under the Computer Misuse Act 1990, notably hacking, maliciously creating and spreading viruses and counterfeit software. The unit provides a computer forensic duty officer and offers computer evidence retrieval advice to officers.The international nature of the Internet means that any attempt to deal with Internetrelated crime will always be complicated by questions of jurisdiction. Laws vary from country to country and UK police have no power to intervene directly against criminal material on computers in another country or against criminals operating in another country.Efforts to combat problems such as extreme hardcore pornography, racist hate crime or malicious attempts to interfere with computer systems depend upon cooperation between law enforcement agencies in different countries and, vitally, upon the voluntary cooperation of the Internet industry.This page outlines avenues that are open in London for dealing with computer crime and internetrelated crime.

 

Telephone: 0300 123 1212
Website: http://www.met.police.uk/computercrime/index.htm