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Cyber Crime Update

Important to note for the international online casino gambling industry is the fact that the UK’s National Hi-Tech Crime Unit (NHTCU)is no longer operating the NHTCU.org site. A German company has bought the domain name and is now suing the site to sell holiday packages to Germany. The NHTCU was a huge success while the Unit was in operation and was specifically formed to protect the cyber world from hackers, fraudsters, and the like. The online casinos were also under the protection of the NHTCU because of the ease with which criminals could launder money through internet gambling in the early days of the industry.

The new owners of the site though have connection with neither the online casino gambling industry nor the NHTCU. In actuality, the reason that the domain was up for sale is the fact that the NHTCU has been officially disbanded and now the Serious Organized Crime Unit (SOCA) handles all of the high-tech cyber crimes. The news is very significant for the IT industry considering that this once powerful organization’s site is now used for those looking to vacation in Germany.

Some in the online casino and internet industries are wary of why any company selling German holidays would pay the premium prices for the NHTCU.org domain name. Some are already speculating that it is for nefarious purposes and could potentially aim at duping visitors to the NHTCU domain for informational purposes. According to SOCA though and others the site is malware free and completely legitimate.