Press Room
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May 21, 2008
Canadian Association of Police Boards - News Release
Calgary — Cyber crime is now the most significant challenge facing law enforcement organizations in Canada. The results of a nationwide Deloitte survey, commissioned by the Canadian Association of Police Boards to determine the magnitude and impact of cyber crime on Canadians, has indicated that cyber crime is a much more serious threat that previously believed.
"We knew that many law enforcement agencies were seeing impacts but, without good numbers, it was hard to get a true sense of how significant the threat was," says Ian Wilms, chair of the Canadian Association of Police Boards (CAPB). "We now know, thanks to our survey and the efforts of other organizations, that cyber crime is surpassing drug trafficking and is very close to becoming the number one crime in the nation."