Singapore to set up a new SPF Cyber Command

The Singapore Police Force (SPF) will establish a new unit in July that will consolidate its counter-scam and cybercrime capabilities. Known as the SPF Cyber Command, it will be a frontline unit with about 200 officers across operations, investigations and intelligence, Minister of State for Home Affairs Goh Pei Ming announced at an anti-scam conference on Monday (May 11). The plan is to eventually double it to over 400 officers as the command grows its capabilities and operates alongside other police commands.In 2015, a cybercrime unit was set up within the Criminal Investigation Department. Four years later, the police created the anti-scam centre under the Commercial Affairs Department, and this was expanded to the Anti-Scam Command in 2022. Is there need to have a global cyber crime unit ?