TMC raises cyber security issue in Lok Sabha

In 2014, cases registered were 5643 but the conviction was only 65. In 2015, 8,044 persons were arrested but conviction was only 224,” Bandyopadhyay added.

The party claimed that there are some discrepancies between the number of crimes and the number 

of convicted persons that are mentioned in the paper circulated by the Government of India. The party also demanded a major move by the government through which those who are arrested and prosecuted, are also convicted at the earliest. 

Recently, a case of wildlife trafficking through e-commerce sites had emerged. Here, the wildlife traffickers used code words to sell endangered animals and their body parts on e-commerce sites operating in the country, making it difficult to monitor such sales. 

The Centre said on Monday that several websites, including Amazon, Snapdeal, OLX, eBay, Alibaba and Quikr, have been advertising sale of rare animals and their body parts. The Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (WCCB) has collated a list of 106 such websites, Environment minister Anil Madhav Dave informed the Rajya Sabha in response to a question on Monday.

In his written reply, he said that illegal online smuggling of rare animals and their parts were being monitored under relevant laws existing under the Department of Information Technology at both state and Central government, as part of combating cyber crime. Several e-commerce websites have been proactive on the issue, said Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (WCCB) officials. Prominent ones such as Amazon, EBay, OLX and Snapdeal claim to have cracked down on such sales.

Adding further, keeping child pornography and online trolling in check will be the major agenda of a 

cyber-control hub that is being set up by the Home Ministry. The Rs 400-crore state-of-the-art centre, Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (IC4), is being set up to tackle all cyber crime including child pornography and online abuse.