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Electronic crime investigation in the New Zealand Police

The New Zealand Police is one of many Government agencies that deal with computer-related offending.  

http://www.police.govt.nz/service/ecrime/

The Department of Internal Affairs, the Ministry of Consumer Affairs and other government departments also investigate electronic crime (e-crime) depending on the type of offending. 

Today, almost every major investigation has an electronic component because people use the internet, mobile phones, laptops, digital cameras, iPods, personal navigation devices and other electronic equipment as a matter of course in their daily lives.

These electronic devices have facilitated new ways to commit crimes like fraud, drug dealing, extortion, harassment and paedophilia. They also make it easy for offending to cross a large distance and police jurisdictions.

The internet has brought criminal offending right into our homes and even into children's bedrooms if computers are kept there. Some victims, and especially children, are easy targets because they lack online security awareness or skills.

More information

For more information about electronic-crime investigation in the New Zealand Police see the New Zealand Police Electronic Crime Strategy to 2010.