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Cyber Crime: FIA arrests 2,583

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) Cyber Wing has received a total of 244,930 complaints since January 1, 2019 of various cyber offenses and 2,571 cases have been registered besides arresting 2,583 accused so far.

According to official data, the accused were charged on various types of cyber crimes including e-fraud, forgery, dignitary of natural person, modernity of natural person, child pornography and hate speech.

Highest number of such complaints were received to FIA Cyber Wing during year 2021.Out of total registered 15,973 enquiries, the FIA disposed off 9,791 enquiries and registered 1,224 cases besides arresting 1,306 accused in 2021. Similarly, some 38 accused were convicted out of 591 challaned cases during the said period.

 

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M. M. Alam is a Pakistan-based working journalist since 1981. Karachi University faculty gold medalist Alam began his career four decades ago by writing for Dawn, Pakistan’s highest circulating English daily. He has worked for region’s leading publications, global aviation periodicals including Rotors (of USA) and vetted New York Times as permanent employee of daily Express Tribune. Alam regularly covers international aviation and defense-related events including Salon Du Bourget (France), Farnborough (United Kingdom), Dubai (UAE). Alam has reported thousands of events and interviewed hundreds of people in Pakistan, UAE, EU, UK and USA. Being Francophone Alam also coordinates with a number of French publications.