Cybercrime

Cybercrime is a term used to describe criminal activities that are committed using the internet or other forms of digital communication. These crimes can take many forms, including hacking, identity theft, fraud, and cyberbullying. Cybercrime can have serious consequences for individuals, businesses, and governments, including financial losses, damage to reputation, and theft of sensitive information. To combat cybercrime, governments and law enforcement agencies around the world are working to develop and implement laws, policies, and technologies to prevent and investigate these crimes.

 

 

We’re Closer to Protecting Kids from Sexual Abuse Online
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We’re Closer to Protecting Kids from Sexual Abuse Online

Children need companies to design platforms for safety as effectively as they innovate for profit. Kids need governments to regulate the internet the way they regulate physical spaces—with protection and accountability as priority. And civil society organizations must play their role too, sharing promising models and practices while amplifying survivor leaders globally. These imperatives are…

$500K grant bolsters QC trafficking crackdown – Yahoo News
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$500K grant bolsters QC trafficking crackdown – Yahoo News

Apr. 24—Driven by a sharp spike in calls related to human trafficking, the Queen Creek Police Department has hired a detective to focus solely on those cases and it is getting nearly $500,000 from the state to do it. “Over the past year, QCPD has handled more than 600 criminal cases involving crimes or situations…

Philippine multi-agency effort vs human trafficking lauded
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Philippine multi-agency effort vs human trafficking lauded

MANILA, Philippines — The recent move by the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW), the Department of Justice (DOJ) and other government agencies to undertake an intensified effort for the country’s fight against human trafficking that victimizes overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) is being lauded as a “welcome development”. According to lawyer Jose Vicente Salazar, the multi-agency effort comes at…

Lusail University launches two master programmes in collaboration with UN agencies
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Lusail University launches two master programmes in collaboration with UN agencies

As part of Lusail University’s expansion of academic programmes at the master’s level, the university yesterday launched master programmes in International Criminal Justice and in International Affairs and Public Policy. The first is in collaboration with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) while the second is in collaboration with the United Nations…

In Côte d’Ivoire, high rates of child labour and school dropouts have been found to increase children’s vulnerability to sexual exploitation.
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In Côte d’Ivoire, high rates of child labour and school dropouts have been found to increase children’s vulnerability to sexual exploitation.

High rates of child labour and school dropouts have been found to increase children’s vulnerability to sexual exploitation. ECPAT’s research outlines the need for stronger child protection laws and more resources to support victims of child sexual exploitation. In cooperation with Sexuelles, ECPAT International is pleased to announce the launch of the Côte d’Ivoire Country…

NICE Actimize Partners with The Knoble Non-Profit Network to Fight Human Trafficking, Fraud Scams and Other Financial Crimes
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NICE Actimize Partners with The Knoble Non-Profit Network to Fight Human Trafficking, Fraud Scams and Other Financial Crimes

[December 07, 2022] NICE Actimize, a NICE (NASDAQ: NICE) business, today announced its partnership with The Knoble, a global non-profit network of experts working to protect the vulnerable against a range of financial crimes and other fraudulent activity. Through the partnership, NICE Actimize will provide technology expertise, research support and other resources to The Knoble’s…

Successful repatriation of 31 victims of Human Trafficking
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Successful repatriation of 31 victims of Human Trafficking

“We were expected to work for long hours. If you showed signs of weakness, they would threaten that they would give you up for organ harvesting”   …. recalled a survivor as she shared her experience with HAART Kenya Nairobi, on 31st of August, 2022 HAART received a call for help via social media and…

Measures to check gender-based violence highlighted – The News International
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Measures to check gender-based violence highlighted – The News International

LAHORE : All Pakistan Women’s Association (APWA) held a consultation with stakeholders on reducing gender-based violence (GBV) recently at a local hotel. On weekend, APWA held a large gathering in its auditorium of its members and workers predominantly women and their children, and announced the recommendations received from the civil society activists, Punjab government representatives…

Guide to Investigating Organized Crime in the Golden Triangle: Chapter 4 — Human Trafficking
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Guide to Investigating Organized Crime in the Golden Triangle: Chapter 4 — Human Trafficking

Table of Contents | Introduction | Chapter 1 | Chapter 2 | Chapter 3 | Chapter 5 | Chapter 6 Illustration: Nodjadong Boonprasert for GIJN The networks that smuggle people through the Golden Triangle are essentially the same as those that trade in drugs. The reason is simple: only those gangs know the routes and have the…

Mom in Cebu City accused of exploiting 4-year-old daughter
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Mom in Cebu City accused of exploiting 4-year-old daughter

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The National Bureau of Investigation in Central Visayas (NBI-7) is still waiting for the issuance of a warrant for the arrest a mother from Cebu City, who is accused of abusing her 4-year-old daughter. NBI-7, in its report, stated that the mother would take a video of her nude child that…