Ex-cop of UK Mark Bentley to train cops on cyber-crime probe in Telangana

HYDERABAD: With the steep rise in cyber crimes and the cyber perpetrators resorting to sophisticated cyber attacks, through dark web, hacking, crypto currencies, etc., the cyber world has turned out to be a tough digital terrain for the law enforcement agencies to investigate and apprehend the perpetrators, as most of the crimes are being committed from remote countries.

To deal with this alarming trend, the Telangana Intelligence Department in association with Convergence Innovation Labs collaborated with Mark Bentley , an ex-cop from the UK police and an expert trainer with 40 years experience synergise the capacity building program of the police personnel in Telangana. Hyderabad City police commissioner CV Anand inaugurated the five-day Dark Web Investigators Workshop at Telangana State Police Academy on Monday.

The course would be attended by police officers from all over the country belonging to both Central and State Government agencies.

Addressing the trainees, CV Anand said that the State government and Telangana police were spearheading the digital initiatives in policing and said they had an impressive record in training thousands of police officers. He gave examples of the the 15 types of Cyber frauds , especially the Loan Apps which led to suicide by three people in the last 10 days and how it's become very difficult to investigate and catch the perpetrators.

"The recent detection of the Mahesh Bank hacking case and the Xsilica e-payment gateway hacking case show that it is possible to investigate these cases and requires special expertise and resources to do so. Even narcotics are being trafficked using the Dark Web. Simulating real world examples and incidents, materials, open source intelligence tools(OSINT) and exercises, the five-day workshop and master class equips cyber investigator with the latest cutting-edge tools and investigation methodology." said CV Anand.