Scotland Yard wages war on 200 cyber crime gangs in London

http://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/scotland-yard-wages-war-on-200-cyber-crime-gangs-in-london-9864993.html

17 November 2014

Scotland Yard is battling more than 200 organised crime groups engaged in cyber fraud in London, police revealed today.

A new Met cyber taskforce is investigating plots ranging from online dating fraud to mortgage scams involving million pound properties.

Police say they are facing an overwhelming caseload of around 54,000 reports of cyber fraud in the capital each year – but admit the crime is still hugely under-reported.