The Police Central e-Crime Unit (PCeU) was part of the Specialist Crime Directorate of the Metropolitan Police Service in London, dedicated to combating e-crime in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
The unit had a national remit, and was created in April 2008[1] to centralise the efforts of all police forces in the UK (excluding Scotland) to fight all forms of E-crime.
The unit was housed within the Specialist Crime Directorate (SCD6) part of the Metropolitan Police Service based in central London.
[3] However the unit worked closely with the SCDEA in Scotland and international law enforcement.
The PCeU was one of the strands of work within the ACPO e-crime programme led by DAC Janet Williams.