PNP says to focus on cybercrime as among 'greatest threats' to Filipinos

This handout file photo from 2021 shows suspects arrested in a police Anti-Cybercrime Group raid at an illegal cybersex operation that solicited money from foreigners.

PNP Public Information Office, handout, file

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine National Police will be focusing on cybercrimes in 2023, Police Gen. Rodolfo Azurin Jr., PNP chief, said Monday as he called them among "the greatest threats" that Filipinos face.

Azurin made the announcement after releasing crime data collected from July 2022 to Jan. 7, 2023, or the period since President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. took office.

"This year, the PNP shall focus on cybercrimes since [these are] now the fastest-growing transnational organized crimes which affect hundreds of victims not only in the Philippines, but in other parts of the world," he said.

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