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India, US ink MoU to boost cooperation in cybercrime probes
Cybercrimes, cause of concern for both India and US
Dr.G.R.Balakrishnan Jan 20 2025 News- General & Other Industries

India, US ink MoU to boost cooperation in cybercrime probes

India and the US have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to improve cooperation in investigating cybercrime, paving the way for agencies from the two sides to step up collaboration on sharing threat intelligence and digital forensics. The MoU was signed by India’s ambassador to the US, Vinay Kwatra, and Kristie Canegallo, the acting deputy secretary of the United States homeland security investigations, in Washington on Friday, 17 Jan ’25 the external affairs ministry said.

The Indian Cybercrime Coordination Centre (I4C) of the Union home ministry will implement the pact from the Indian side, while the Department of Homeland Security, and its constituent bodies, the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the Homeland Security Investigations Cyber Crimes Center (C3) are the American agencies that will collaborate on the MoU.

The external affairs ministry said cybercrimes have “intricate linkages with the common security challenges faced by India and the US”, such as terrorism and violent extremism, terror financing, drug trafficking, organised crime, human trafficking, illegal migration, money laundering and transportation security. The MoU on cybercrime investigations will “enable further strengthening of India-US security cooperation, as part of our comprehensive and global strategic partnership”, the statement said.

The two sides promote cooperation between the private sector and government authorities on cybercrime and cybersecurity under the 2016 framework for the India-US cyber relationship. This framework also promotes closer cooperation among law enforcement agencies to combat cybercrime between the two countries. Such cooperation includes training workshops, enhancing dialogue, processes and procedures, and improving the capacity of law enforcement agencies through joint training programmes. The training has covered the drafting of appropriate requests for electronic evidence in accordance with the laws and regulations of India and the US.

Cybercrime originating in India has been a specific cause for concern for authorities in both countries. In recent years, law enforcement agencies of India and the US have collaborated to target cyber-enabled financial crimes and call centre fraud. Fake call centres in India that target Americans, especially senior citizens, have been the focus of several joint actions.

In 2023, the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) worked with its Indian counterparts to carry out 13 joint operations and made 26 arrests.

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