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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