Maryann Lockington
No legislation exists in Fiji to deal with cyber-crime, a cybercrime investigator said last week.
Cybercrime Unit Investigator, Serupepeli Neiko said that although there were no stand-alone legislations, there were sections in the Crimes Decree 2009 that deals with computer crime offences.
Pacific Computer Emergency Response Team (PacCERT) General Manager, Patrick Queet said that laws that govern freedom of expression and information on the Internet do not exist for Fiji.
“With that said however, many of the larger multinational organisations that hold your personal data such as internet providers and financial institutions adhere to internal policies that enforce privacy of information,” he said.
Neiko said that the Cybercrimes Unit was seeking assistance from the Fiji Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) for their investigations.
FIU Director, Razim Buksh said that the FIU was tasked to protect Fiji from money laundering and other criminal activities.
“The FIU has powers as well as technical capacity and ability to monitor financial transaction activities in Fiji and conduct financial profiling of persons suspected to be linked to or involved in unlawful activities including human trafficking, prostitution and pornography,” he said.
He added that a proper search warrant was needed to access any information in computer storage devices.
Neiko said FIU was not directly involved in our investigations but would seek their assistance in terms of conducting financial background checks of individuals who are subjects to our investigations.
“We are currently looking at ten different cases ranging from stalking to unauthorised access,” he said.
Neiko said said that unauthorised access has been the common cybercrime and there were three cases in 2008 and now nine unauthorised access cases in 2012.
“These include unauthorised access to private and corporate computer system and database,” he said.
Neiko advises people to be cautious about the amount of information they share on social networks and for parents to supervise their children on the internet.
“To those who feel that they might have been a victim of online attack, they are to visit their nearest police station and register their complaint.”
Originally published by Wansolwara
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