AfD calls for more action against cybercrime

The AfD in the state parliament has called for more action in the fight against cybercrime. "Let's arm ourselves for the new crimes of the 21st century", AfD interior politician Sebastian Wippel announced an initiative of his parliamentary group in Dresden on Thursday. In a motion in parliament, the government is called upon, among other things, to carry out an evaluation of the future need for police officers with a focus on cybercrime and to increase the recruitment corridor for prospective specialists in this area. According to the AfD, the content of modules in basic and advanced training for police officers and employees should also be expanded and cooperation with colleges and universities in this area should be intensified.

"Just as the world is changing due to technological progress, criminals are also taking up new technologies and using them for their amoral purposes," emphasized Wippel, who is himself a police officer by profession. Just two decades ago, criminal offenses in the area of cybercrime - such as spying on data, computer fraud or deception in legal transactions in data processing - played virtually no role. Now this is becoming an ever-increasing problem. "So let's put out the fire extinguisher before it burns, prepare ourselves in good time to further combat this burgeoning problem area and clear the way for a national police force that is also fully equipped to deal with the problems of cybercrime."