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Europol already deals with cyber crime (Photo: © European Community, 2005)

Europol wants to host EU cyber crime centre

The EU's joint policy body, Europol, is angling to host a new European cyber crime centre, with the European Commission due next year to decide where to put its new defence against the threat.

With Europol already dealing with forensics and investigation of online crimes, placing an EU cyber crime centre on its premises would be 'the natural choice', says its deputy director of operations.

"We are in the business anyway, so this would be the natural choice. It's also more cost-ef...

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