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The European Commission is expected to announce a pan-European cybercrime centre next week (Photo: *n3wjack's world in pixels)

Commission keen to create EU cybercrime centre

The European Commission is on Wednesday (28 March) set to propose a European Cybercrime Centre in a bid to tackle rising levels of online crime across Europe.

The agency, which is expected to open in 2013, will also be responsible for training national experts on cyber crime and form part of the EU police agency Europol.

The EU executive sees the cybercrime centre as the focal point in co-ordinating national cyber authorities established by member states, and pooling information ...

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The European Commission is expected to announce a pan-European cybercrime centre next week (Photo: *n3wjack's world in pixels)

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