About 54% of cyber crime victims who took legal action have expressed dissatisfaction over the role of law enforcement agencies, according to a study.
Only 7% victims who lodged complaints expressed satisfaction with the role of law enforcement agencies, said the survey of a research study titled “Cyber Crime Tendency in Bangladesh.”
The Cybercrime Awareness Foundation presented the statistics at a program held at the Dhaka Reporters’ Unity in the city on Sunday.
Kazi Mustafiz, founder and convener of the organization, presented the research paper.
The study involved the participation of 133 men and women.
“Some 23% of victims seek to conceal the whole matter due to fear of harassment even after taking legal steps. About 17% of victims do not disclose the matter to protect their social status while about 5% victims remain silent due to fear of influential groups,” said the study.
“About 30% of victims do not know how to take legal action in this regard while about 25% of victims do not lodge any complaint as they think there will be no positive outcome,” it further said.
Some 44% of victims think that it is possible to curb cybercrime if the culprits are punished.
Prof Rasheda Rawnak Khan of anthropology department at Dhaka University, who was present at the program, said: “Women between the ages of 18 to 30 years are increasingly becoming the victims of cybercrimes. We have to be more cautious about misuse of the cyberworld and ensure that victims are not harassed when taking the initiative for legal action.”
Mentioning numerous government measures to protect online users from cyber crime, Abul Monsur Mohammad Sharif Uddin, controller (joint secretary) of Certifying Authorities at the Information and Communication Technology division of the Ministry of Post, Telecommunication, and Information Technology, said: “Russia has expressed interest to work with Bangladesh in the field of cybersecurity.
“In 2017, we trained 10,000 female students of 9th and 10th grades from 40 schools across the country about cybersecurity. We plan to train 25,000 more female students from 100 schools across country,” he said.