Detective Chief Superintendent Chris Corcoran is the Chair of the e-Crime Wales Steering Group.

What is your background?

As Detective Chief Superintendent in the North Wales Police, I bring a lot of experience to the role of Chair of the e-Crime Wales Steering Group. Having served over 26 years as a police officer and gained an honours degree in Police and Criminal Justice Studies, I’ve also carried out the role of Chair for the All-Wales Hi-Tech Crime Working Group, whose focus is to ensure that Welsh police forces are aware and adequately equipped to protect against the rising threat of e-Crime. I think this sort of experience is of distinct value to the e-Crime Wales Steering Group in meeting its aims and objectives surrounding the growing challenges of e-Crime in Wales.

What are the sorts of e-Crime areas you are focussing on?

Increasingly, I’m centring on the impact that e-Crime can have on public services, businesses and individuals, providing guidance on how best they can be proactive in pre-empting the evolving dangers of hi-tech crime.  In my role as the North Wales Police Divisional Commander for Crime Services I’ve had responsibility in overseeing the investigation and prosecution of a number of e-Crimes, and am at the forefront of informing and educating businesses and public sector organisations of the threat of e-Crime.

What are your hopes for e-Crime Wales in the future?

In Wales we have shown leadership in tackling the growing problem of e-Crime, and the e-Crime Wales Steering Group is a central feature of that leadership. Jointly with the Welsh Assembly Government and the private sector we will continually seek to learn more about the nature of e-Crime and subsequently be able to give more prevention advice to businesses. The fight against e-Crime is ongoing, but with sustained action from all stakeholders we can meet those challenges in Wales.