Crime Solicitors

Baroness Shields has told the International Crime and Policing Conference 2016 that the government’s ambition is for Britain to be one of the best-protected countries in the world against cyber crime.

Home Secretary Theresa May has also launched the government’s new modern crime prevention strategy at the conference, setting out our newest approaches to tackling and preventing crime in 2016.

The two-day conference opened on Tuesday (22/03/16) and Baroness Shields said that the government would “give our companies and citizens the tools they need to stay safer from cyber attack” – as well as creating jobs and prosperity.

“We are also making sure our agencies have the technology, the powers and the capabilities they need to tackle the perpetrators of online child sexual abuse, and other Internet-enabled crimes,” she told delegates.

More than 30 speakers will address the conference and will provide expert opinion and perspectives on crime prevention – including how crime is evolving and adapting in a changing technology landscape, and how crime prevention must change as a result.

“These changes represent both challenges and opportunities to leverage the scale and global nature of a connected world for better, more effective crime prevention, “ said Baroness Shields.

She added that, in the UK and across much of the western world, there had been a dramatic fall over the last 20 years in so-called “traditional”, high-volume local crimes, such as burglary, car theft and street violence.

The independent crime survey for England and Wales shows there were 19 million such crimes in 1995, compared with 6.6m local crimes in the year to the end of September 2015.

“Crime prevention has played a significant part in that reduction,” Baroness Shields told delegates.

“And, we must recognise that prevention – whether through the introduction of better car and home security measures, more effective policing tactics, local neighbourhood watch schemes, or CCTV, whatever the innovation – has been extremely effective.

“This is as a result of the combined effort of government, law enforcement, manufacturers, retailers, builders, town planners, the voluntary sector and of course the members of the public,” she added.

However, the conference was told that, as crime has fallen, it has also dramatically changed, bringing new challenges with advances in technology offering criminals – particularly organised criminals – the scope to commit new types of crimes on an unprecedented scale and across jurisdictions.

Duncan Lewis Crime Lawyers

Duncan Lewis crime lawyers can advise at any stage of a charge involving cyber-crime, hacking, IT crime or online fraud, including charges relating to organised crime, white collar crime or child sexual exploitation and online grooming or revenge porn.

There are Duncan Lewis offices nationwide and a criminal defence lawyer can usually reach a police station for interview under caution within an hour.

For expert legal advice on allegations or charges relating to cyber crime, call Duncan Lewis business crime solicitors on 0333 772 0409.

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