CYBERCRIME
Deliver cybercrime law enforcement and
prosecution capacity building in the Indo‑Pacific
Cybercrime legislation is not effective
without the ability to enforce it. Australia
is safer when countries in our region have
the capacity to respond to cybercrime.
Australia is committed to increasing the
capacity of Indo‑Pacific law enforcement
agencies, prosecutors and judges.
The capacity of countries to investigate
and prosecute cybercrime varies greatly
in the Indo‑Pacific. While some are
leading in high-tech policing, others have
only a nascent capability. Australia is
working to close that gap.
Through its recently expanded Cyber
Safety Pasifika (CSP) program, the
AFP is actively partnering with law
enforcement agencies in the region
to enhance their capacity to address
cybercrime. In partnership with the
Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI)
Legal Attaché Office in Canberra, the
AFP coordinated a pilot three-day Cyber
Investigations Skills Course for multiple
Pacific Island countries in March 2017.
The pilot, held in Brisbane, equipped 20
participating officers with basic cyber
investigation skills including open source
intelligence techniques. Through CSP,
the AFP will continue to enhance the
skills of Pacific police officers to manage
cybercrime investigations.
The AFP also delivers cyber capacity
building in the region through its
support for the Jakarta Centre for Law
Enforcement Cooperation (see below).
JAKARTA CENTRE FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT COOPERATION (JCLEC)
The JCLEC is a not-for-profit social enterprise in Semarang, Indonesia, jointly owned by
the Indonesian National Police (INP) and the Australian Federal Police (AFP). The centre is
supported by a broad range of public sector, civil society and private sector entities from
across the world. The JCLEC supports global collaborative efforts to minimise the community
harm caused by transnational crime and terrorism.
Since 2004, the JCLEC has facilitated 56 cybercrime capacity building activities for over 1,000
international participants. This has included courses on computer forensics, cybercrime and
social media investigations, intelligence gathering and covert online engagement. Workshops
delivered by the AFP at the centre have elevated INP’s capacity to identify, extract and report
on electronic evidence. This new digital forensic investigation capability means that direct
operational exchanges can take place between INP and AFP leads.
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