From: The Register
Australian Federal Police say cross-border ops are getting harder
International treaties that allow police forces and spookhaüses around the world to collaborate are starting to creak beneath the weight of the cloud, and will soon need a refresh, according to Tim Morris, national manager for high technology crime operations at Australia’s Federal Police.
Speaking at the CeBit Australia conference today, Morris revealed a little more about “Operation Lino”, a collaboration between Australian and Romanian authorities that saw half-a-dozen crims, including a wrestler known as “George The Carpathian Bear Ignat”, end up behind bars after skimming 30,000 Australian credit cards and using them to go on a $AUD30m spending spree.
It was possible to collar The Carpathian Bear, Morris said, because “Romanian Police have a very competent cyber crime unit”, thanks in part to the USA tossing plenty of money its way. The bust was also helped by the fact Romania was willing to lock up the gang, instead of requiring Australia to extradite the crims and indulge in all manner of cross-border legal back-and-forth to make that happen.
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