FBI builds cybercrime division

04 Dec 2001 12:17

The FBI has restructured and created a division to handle high-tech and computer crimes

The FBI announced on Monday that, as part of its latest reorganisation, the agency is forming a Cybercrime Division to handle intellectual-property, high-tech and computer crimes.

The new organisation shifts 11 existing divisions into four new units, said spokeswoman Deborah Weierman.

The Cybercrime Division will be paired with the Criminal Investigation Division under Ruben Garcia Jr, the new executive assistant director for Criminal Investigations. The three other divisions are Counterterrorism/Counterintelligence, Law Enforcement Services, and Administration.

Garcia previously was the assistant director of the Criminal Investigative Division.

The reorganisation is only the first of two phases, the FBI said in a statement. The second phase will aim to eliminate duplication of efforts.

The FBI did not announce where the National Infrastructure Protection Center (NIPC), the interagency group that tracks cybercrimes, would fit in the new picture. Although certain aspects of the organisation could be part of the Criminal Investigation Division, others belong in the Counterterrorism/Counterintelligence Division.

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