An article by Tajik Prosecutor-General Yusuf Ahmadzod that was published in the government-run newspaper Jumhuriyat
on March 3 notes that the country’s law enforcement authorities are
considering the issue of setting up the center to combat cyber terrorism
and crimes involving a computer and a network.
Tajik chief prosecutor justifies the
necessity of setting up such a center by saying that it is necessary to
establish counteraction to the use of the Internet for terrorist and
extremist purposes.
According to him, the Prosecutor-General’s Office, the Interior
Ministry, the State Committee for National Security, and other
government bodies are jointly working on the issue of establishment of
the center to combat cyber terrorism.
Tajik chief prosecutor further added that the Prosecutor-General’s
Office jointly with other country’s law enforcement agencies was
currently working out a draft law on strengthening of the fight against
terrorism and extremism.
The draft law, in particular, provides for toughening of
responsibility for extremism- and terrorism-related crimes, Tajik chief
prosecutor noted.
Cyber terrorism is the act of Internet terrorism
in terrorist activities, including acts of deliberate, large-scale
disruption of computer networks, especially of personal computers
attached to the Internet, by the means of tools such as computer
viruses.
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