Cybercrimes - Information for Victims

Reporting Mechanisms

International Organisations that track and help report cyber crimes

• INHOPE International Association of Internet Hotlines: provides mechanism to report suspicious online activity at any of their member countries. Currently, INHOPE has 38 member hotlines in 33 countries, including: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherland, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Taiwan, United States, United Kingdom.
  https://www.inhope.org/
• Virtual Global Taskforce: international reporting mechanism made up of law enforcement agencies from around the world working together to fight child abuse online.
  http://www.virtualglobaltaskforce.com/
• The Internet Watch Foundation (IWF): operates out of the UK and provides an internet hotline for reporting criminal online content, specifically involving the abuse of children.
  http://www.iwf.org.uk/
• CyberlawEnforcement.org: is a network of law enforcement officers with a tipline that handles child pornography, cyberstalking and missing children tips, as well as tips for cyberscams and fraud online.
  http://www.cyberlawenforcement.org/
• Wired Safety: have an internet response team to deal with cybercrimes.
  http://wiredsafety.org/
• Reports related to Paypal or eBay can be sent to spoofpaypal.co.uk and spoofebay.co.uk respectively.

For Reporting Crimes in the EU

• See above INHOPE link under International Organisations

For Reporting Crimes in the United States

• IC3 Internet Crime Complaint Centre: A partnership between the US Federal Bureau of Investigation, the National White Collar Crime Centre and the Bureau of Justice Assistance, which serves as a vehicle to receive, develop and refer criminal complaints regarding cybercrime
  http://www.ic3.gov/about/default.aspx
• United States Department of Justice: US government website listing the most appropriate departments to inform of different computer crimes
  http://www.cybercrime.gov/reporting.htm

For Reporting Crimes in Australia

• Australian Federal Police High Tech Crime Operations
  http://www.afp.gov.au/policing/e-crime.aspx

For Reporting Crimes in Canada

• Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre: for reporting online fraud in Canada
  http://www.antifraudcentre-centreantifraude.ca
• Cybertip.ca: Canada’s online reporting mechanism for the reporting of online sexual exploitation of children
  http://www.cybertip.ca/app/en/

For Reporting Crimes in India

• Centre for Cyber Victim Counseling
  http://www.cybervictims.org/
• A list of cybercrime police stations in different states in India
  http://www.naavi.org/cl_editorial_04/cyber_Crime_ps.htm
• IndiaCyberLab
  http://indiacyberlab.in/cybercrimes/report.htm

For Reporting Crimes in New Zealand

• Department of Internal Affairs: deal with reports on objectionable online material and spam
  http://www.dia.govt.nz/diawebsite.nsf/wpg_URL/Services-Censorship-Compliance-How-to-Make-a-Complaint?OpenDocument

For Reporting Crimes in Pakistan

• Pakistan Computer Emergency Response Team
  http://www.pakcert.org/

For Reporting Crimes in Switzerland

• Cybercrime Coordination Unit: The Swiss Coordination Unit for Cybercrime Control (CYCOS) is the central office where persons can report suspect Internet subject matter including: hardcore pornography (including child pornography); depiction of violence; extremism; racism; unlawful entry into IT systems; spreading of computer viruses; destruction of data; credit card misuse; violation of copyrights; illegal arms trade.
  http://www.cybercrime.ch/

For Reporting Crimes in the United Kingdom

• Fraud Alert: for the reporting of instances of fraud
  http://www.met.police.uk/fraudalert/reporting_fraud.htm
• Metropolitan Police Service Online Reporting Mechanism
  https://online.met.police.uk/