Syed Rahman outlines what could be achieved by the planned Online Crime Centre

With the government creating the Online Crime Centre to disrupt the growing threat to national security posed by online scammers, Law360 asked Syed Rahman for his assessment of the plan.

The Centre will involve specialist law enforcement agencies working alongside banks, tech giants and telecoms companies. Syed explained what this could achieve.

He said: "Much of the threat, from our experience, sits overseas, where we are seeing organised call centres and scam compounds. It seems that the UK wants deeper operational cooperation with foreign counterparts to combat this threat. This means more cross-border intelligence exchanges and more pressure on jurisdictions that have historically been slow to respond."

He added that the result will be more international evidence-gathering and demand for lawyers who can establish links to funds flowing overseas if the country's enforcement model shifts from a focus on individual complaints to identifying larger, international networks.

Syed explained: "If the government gets the governance right, this development could fill a gap. We are increasingly seeing a high volume of online fraud where victims reach out to us as private practitioners for support due to the lack of progress from law enforcement. This development may help address this."

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