This new technology and new way of living and working has brought a new breed of crime and a new style of policing. Importantly, the use of a computer to assist in committing an offence does not change the essence of criminal activity.

Pass intelligence
The global nature of the World Wide Web makes policing Internet related crimes more complicated, due mainly to the jurisdictional problems that arise.

Each country has its own laws and police officers in the UK have no power to get involved against crimes being committed overseas. They can only pass intelligence to other police forces.

Identity Theft
In today's world computers and other digital devices store the most personal and private information about us.

Account numbers, credit card details, tax return information and many other forms of data would prove invaluable to the identity theft criminal.

Care should always be taken when disposing of or
recycling computer equipment remembering that it is sometimes possible to recover this data.

Cracking Computer Crime
The Sussex Police Hi Tech Crime Unit deals with and assists other departments within Sussex Police with investigating fraud.
See our Fraud Alert Bulletin for the latest scams.

The Unit deals with such crimes as hacking offences and denial of service attacks, and especially where the computer itself is the victim of unauthorised access.

The Unit gives a supporting role to any officer or department in the county who requires information or assistance in any aspect of computer crime or computer based evidence.