CBI to set up international centre for tackling telecom crimes

CBI would be setting up an international high-tech centre in partnership with the Interpol for unravelling telcommunication crimes keeping in mind growing popularity of mobile phones and devices as carriers of senstitive information, vulnerable to hackers.

The proposal for CBI's Interpol Research and Innovation Centre for Prevention of Telecommunication Crime came during the discussion of the CBI Director AP Singh and Secretary General Interpol Ronald K Noble.

They also agreed that the present procedure to get information and evidence with regard to IP addresses, subscribers details of the alleged cyber criminals from different countries "cumbersome" wherein most of the countries insist on sending a formal Letter Rogatory under Mutual Legal Assistance Treaties resulting in loss of evidence.

"It was agreed that we need a mechanism, whereby IT (Information Technology) intermediaries across the globe can be linked to a single interface for Law Enforcement Agencies. It was agreed that Interpol is the agency best equipped to execute this project," CBI Director AP Singh said here.

On the Centre for Prevention of Telecommunication crime, Singh said CBI will send a proposal to the Centre to set up the international centre in partnership with the private sector, research centres and top academic institutions.