Patil calls for measures to combat cyber crime

New Delhi, Sep12: Stating that cyber crime remains one of India's top security concerns, Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil today said that law enforcing agencies and the Interpol must equip themselves properly to tackle the fast spreading network of cyber criminals.

Stressing the need for a proper coordination with the Interpol member countries, he said intelligence and law enforcing agencies must focus on continuous upgradation of skills and expertise, as the criminals too were quite adept at finding the loopholes in the system.

Speaking at the inauguration of the 7th International Conference on Cyber Crime being held here, Mr Patil said, ''The race between you and them will be continuous and therefore, there should be more cross-country training exchange programmes to achieve standardisation of efforts.'' About 200 delegates from 37 countries, EUROPOL, UNODC, UNI