Financial frauds on rise, 700 cases reported

In January 2022, HalasuruGate police station inaugurated the cyber crime department to deal with cyber crime cases. More than 700 cases of online financial fraud have been reported under section 66D of Information Technology (IT) Act since the cyber crime department was inaugurated in HalasuruGate police station in January 2022. Natansh Saini, a victim of […]

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POCSO cases up again in Karnataka

 Karnataka has reported a 18.74 percent increase in the number of POCSO cases till July 2022 compared to the first seven months of 2021. Karnataka is witnessing an increase in the number of cases registered under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act-2012 for a second consecutive year. Data available on the Karnataka […]

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Cybercrime cases go to platforms

Cybercrime cases are not reported by the police, as they are solved internally within the media platforms.  Cybercrime cases in Bengaluru are decreasing, as most cases are solved within media platforms cases registered in India have decreased from 10,555 cases in 2019 (pre-COVID-19) to 6,423 in 2021, states National Crime Record Bureau (NCRB) data. The […]

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