The conference was convened amid India’s rapid digital expansion under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, which has improved access to banking, governance and communication but also created new vulnerabilities exploited by organised cybercrime networks. The CBI, investigating cyber offences since 2000, strengthened its capabilities by establishing a dedicated Cybercrime Investigation Division in 2022 and serves as the nodal agency for cybercrimes affecting the Central government, handling both cyber-dependent crimes and cyber-enabled frauds. Officials said the conference aimed to build a shared understanding of the scale and evolving trends of cyber fraud and examine its three critical pillars — financial (mule accounts and money laundering), telecom (misuse of SIM/eSIM and digital infrastructure), and human (cyber slavery and trafficking into scam compounds). It also focused on enhancing inter-agency and public-private collaboration, leveraging artificial intelligence and data analytics to scale investigations, improving real-time fraud reporting and fund tracing, ensuring timely preservation of digital evidence, and strengthening victim protection through a unified national strategy.

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Highlighting India’s digital transformation over the past 11 years, Shah said internet users have risen from 250 million to over 1 billion, broadband connections have expanded nearly 16-fold to cross 1 billion, and data costs have fallen by 97 per cent. Under BharatNet, connectivity has grown from 546 village panchayats to over 2 lakh, while digital payments surged to more than 181 billion UPI transactions worth over Rs 233 trillion in 2024 alone. Warning that cybercrime has evolved from individual acts to organised, institutionalised networks using advanced technologies, he outlined a multi-dimensional strategy focused on real-time reporting, robust forensics, capacity building, R&D, cyber awareness and hygiene. Shah stressed the role of the CBI and NIA in tackling cross-border cybercrime and flagged lapses in digital evidence custody as a major hurdle to convictions. He urged faster response through the 1930 helpline, stronger bank-I4C coordination and proactive action against fraudulent call centres to prevent cyber fraud from escalating into a national crisis.

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