United States of America has pledged
to support Nigeria in the fight against cybercrime and financial fraud.
This was disclosed in a statement by
Amb. Stuart Symington of the U.S. Embassy at the Second Annual Conference on Combatting
Financial Fraud, Cybercrime, and Cross-Border Crimes .
The ambassador expressed the need to
set up appropriate legal frameworks, deploy computer emergency response teams
in critical sectors, and develop national and international tools that will
work to combat cybercrime.
Responding, Minister of Justice of
the Federation, Abubakar Malami, said Nigeria was proactively taking steps to
ensure that the Cyber Crime Act of 2015 was implemented.
He further stated that the Ministry
of Justice was ensuring that cyber crime perpetrators were prosecuted for
obstructing national security.
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