For an effective and efficient crime control in the field of information and communications technology (ICT), the BKA employed seven cybercrime investigators as part of a pilot project for the first time. IT experts with corresponding bachelor's degrees, recruited from outside the BKA, are trained as police officers who can then combine the required cyber know-how with criminalistic capabilities.

The tasks performed by cybercrime investigators include the whole range of autonomous criminal case handling in the BKA's specialist divisions, such as

• clearing up hacking attacks,
• internet fraud and other computer offences,
• forensic identification and analysis of digital traces,
• investigations regarding organised criminals or terrorists, and
• evaluation and analysis of information.

Further information on the job profile of a cybercrime investigator