To better combat crime on the Internet, the state of Baden-Württemberg is looking for more experts. “Together with the Baden-Württemberg Cybercrime Centre, we have been able to achieve significant success in combating complex cybercrime in recent months,” Justice Minister Marion Gentz (CDU) stressed.
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Such successes are possible only with a high level of professional competence and extraordinary commitment. According to the ministry, the IT sector has been continuously strengthened in the new centre. But recruiting IT staff is “particularly challenging” given the competition for qualified employees.
Control cyber criminals
The Cyber Crime Center at the Karlsruhe Public Prosecutor’s Office was launched at the beginning of the year. It is responsible nationwide for particularly sophisticated cybercrime processes, i.e. crimes that are directed against information technology systems or committed using computers and information technology. The Center is headed by Senior Public Prosecutor Tomke Bediš.
Digital Summit: Vising wants “only digital”50.5 new posts have been planned for the centre. According to the ministry, as of December 1 this year, 33 people work there, including 16 prosecutors and two IT consultants. With the Cyber Crime Centre, the country seeks to combat highly professional criminals with focused expertise.
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1,000 cases pending
Be it telephone fraud with alleged police officers, huge losses caused by hacker attacks on companies or sexual exploitation – cyber crime has many facets and according to the ministry, it is growing rapidly. As of the end of September, there were approximately 1,000 cases pending at the centre, including 528 cases against known and 461 cases against unknown suspects. 349 The proceedings have their origins in a report by the US organization NCMEC (“National Center for Missing and Exploited Children”).
US Internet providers are required to report suspected cases of child pornography to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. If IP addresses in Germany are involved, German investigators are informed. Due to several tips from the United States, the number of investigations into the possession, production, and distribution of defamatory material has recently increased in Germany.
According to Minister Jentjes, in one of the biggest successes of the Karlsruhe Cybercrime Centre, a 40-year-old man from the Neckar-Odenwald district has been sentenced to six years and six months for making child pornography publicly available. Gang in 24 cases. The man operated a darknet platform and, as part of a gang, made child pornography available to other users. With the help of the Cybercrime Centre, an international network of telephone fraudsters was also successfully destroyed.
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