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criminal schemes. The AFP conduct initiatives, like publishing reports that detail how the public should prevent cybercrime. These reports educate businesses on the possible threats of online transactions, customer communications, and other digital tools. The AHTCC's website has a section for victims of digital offences to report and request help from the federal police.
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concurrently, children posed as a risk to criminals were freed from danger and educated (AFP, 2020). A large part of cybercrime is
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in 2001, outlining online offences prohibited. Statistically, cybercrime is significantly impacting
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that formed the CyberCrime Act 2011, an Act that considered computer crimes, traditional offline offences committed online, digital data misuse and other internet criminality. This Act has been amended, in 2012 it was changed to the
Cybercrime Amendment Act, expanding its definition of cyber
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