Gardaí waiting 16 months for funds to set up six cyber-crime units

The Garda National Cyber Crime Bureau (GNCCB) has a backlog of 493 cases

Garda HQ says that as well as being unable to set up the necessary technical infrastructure that “ongoing support for the existing cyber infrastructure is also at risk”. Picture: Dominic Lipinski/PA Wire

Gardaí can’t proceed with setting up long-planned regional cyber-crime units as they are awaiting funding approval from the Government since March 2019.

The delay risks affecting the ability of gardaí to make inroads into its backlog of cases, including the forensic examination of digital devices for child abuse imagery.