Brigada de Investigación Tecnológica

Technological Investigation Brigade
Brigada de Investigación Tecnológica
Abbreviation BIT
Agency overview
Formed 2002
Legal personality Governmental: Government agency
Jurisdictional structure
National agency Spain
Population 40,525,002 (July 2009 est.)
General nature
Operational structure
Headquarters Madrid, Spain
Agency executive Vázquez López, Comisario - Superintendent
Website
http://www.policia.es/bit/index.htm https://www.facebook.com/BrigadaInvestigacionTecnologica http://tuenti.com/bit
Footnotes
 See the reference[1] below for the source of the above data.

The Technological Investigation Brigade (BIT) is a unit of the Cuerpo Nacional de Policía, the national civilian police force of Spain. BIT has the task of combating new and emerging forms of crime such as child pornography, Internet fraud, communications fraud, cyber attacks, and copyright infringement.[2]

Mission

History

The idea for the BIT began in 1995 with the creation of the Group of Information Crimes within the Brigade of Economic and Financial Crimes. The group eventually split into separate sections of expertise that resemble its current organization. In 2002, the group gained its current name of the Technological Investigation Brigade (BIT). The BIT exists within the Unit of Economic and Fiscal Crime.[4]

Structure

The BIT has three sections with diverse missions. The first section, comprising two groups, protects minors particularly from child pornography. These groups rescue endangered children and prosecute their abusers. The second section also contains two groups. One of these groups investigates internet offenses such as fraudulent credit cards usage, and more complex techniques such as phishing and network attacks. The second group in the internet security section focuses exclusively on crimes involving industrial espionage and intellectual property. The third section, dubbed the Technical Section deals with forensic analysis.[5]

Crimes BIT Prosecutes

Contact

References

  1. http://www.policia.es/bit/index.htm, https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/sp.html
  2. http://www.policia.es/bit/index.htm
  3. http://www.policia.es/bit/index.htm
  4. http://www.revista-ays.com/DocsNum28/Encuentro/Vazquez.pdf
  5. http://www.revista-ays.com/DocsNum28/Encuentro/Vazquez.pdf
  6. http://www.policia.es/bit/index.htm
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