The government, in coordination with the Mossos d’Esquadra and the Catalan Cybersecurity Agency (ACC), has implemented a plan to combat cyber scams, the second most reported crime in Catalonia with 53,577 registered cases by August this year, and expected to rise to 80,000 during the holiday campaign, the annual average. The plan will be approved next Tuesday in the Consell Executiu with the aim of increasing police capacity to detect, analyze and investigate these scams; increasing citizen protection with preventive and awareness campaigns; strengthening coordination with key public and private sector actors, and exploring advanced technologies to anticipate new scam methods and improve response capabilities. Millions defrauded. The Catalan police remain alert about this type of criminal activity, which in 2024 reached a certain stabilization in the number of complaints. Although the commissioner has warned that, despite being a transnational crime that can occur anywhere in the world, it is still an «underreported» crime. In the first 8 months of the year, the economic impact in Catalonia was 103 million euros, but between 2024 and 2026, the figure rises to 490 million euros.
The program will be approved next Tuesday in the Consell Executiu.
The government, in coordination with the Mossos d’Esquadra and the Catalan Cybersecurity Agency (ACC), has implemented a plan to combat cyber scams, the second most reported crime in Catalonia with 53,577 registered cases by August this year, and expected to rise to 80,000 during the holiday campaign, the annual average. The plan will be approved next Tuesday in the Consell Executiu with the aim of increasing police capacity to detect, analyze and investigate these scams; increasing citizen protection with preventive and awareness campaigns; strengthening coordination with key public and private sector actors, and exploring advanced technologies to anticipate new scam methods and improve response capabilities. Millions defrauded. The Catalan police remain alert about this type of criminal activity, which in 2024 reached a certain stabilization in the number of complaints. Although the commissioner has warned that, despite being a transnational crime that can occur anywhere in the world, it is still an «underreported» crime. In the first 8 months of the year, the economic impact in Catalonia was 103 million euros, but between 2024 and 2026, the figure rises to 490 million euros.
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