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==== International expansion ====
==== International expansion ====
[[File:Secret Service Cyber Intelligence Center (CIS).jpg|thumb|right|Secret Service Cyber Intelligence Center (CIS)]]
[[File:Secret Service Cyber Intelligence Center (CIS).jpg|thumb|right|Secret Service Cyber Intelligence Center (CIS)]]
On July 6, 2009, the U.S. Secret Service expanded its fight on [[cybercrime]] by creating the first [[European Electronic Crime Task Force]], based on the successful U.S. domestic model, through a memorandum of understanding with Italian police and postal officials. Over a year later, on August 9, 2010, the agency expanded its European involvement by creating its second overseas ECTF in the [[United Kingdom]].<ref>{{cite press release|url=http://www.secretservice.gov/press/GPA05-09_EuropeanECTF.pdf|title=United States Secret Service Signs Partnership Agreement With Italian Officials Establishing the First European Electronic Crimes Task Force |date=July 6, 2009|access-date=August 9, 2012|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120915122628/http://www.secretservice.gov/press/GPA05-09_EuropeanECTF.pdf |archive-date=September 15, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite press release|url=http://www.secretservice.gov/press/GPA06-10_LondonECTF.pdf|title=United States Secret Service Signs Partnership Agreement With United Kingdom Officials Establishing the Second European Electronic Crimes Task Force|date=August 9, 2010|access-date=August 9, 2012|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120915122400/http://www.secretservice.gov/press/GPA06-10_LondonECTF.pdf |archive-date=September 15, 2012}}</ref>
On July 6, 2009, the U.S. Secret Service expanded its fight on [[cybercrime]] by creating the first [[European Electronic Crime Task Force]], based on the successful U.S. domestic model, through a memorandum of understanding with Italian police and postal officials. Over a year later, on August 9, 2010, the agency expanded its European involvement by creating its second overseas ECTF in the United Kingdom.<ref>{{cite press release|url=http://www.secretservice.gov/press/GPA05-09_EuropeanECTF.pdf|title=United States Secret Service Signs Partnership Agreement With Italian Officials Establishing the First European Electronic Crimes Task Force |date=July 6, 2009|access-date=August 9, 2012|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120915122628/http://www.secretservice.gov/press/GPA05-09_EuropeanECTF.pdf |archive-date=September 15, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite press release|url=http://www.secretservice.gov/press/GPA06-10_LondonECTF.pdf|title=United States Secret Service Signs Partnership Agreement With United Kingdom Officials Establishing the Second European Electronic Crimes Task Force|date=August 9, 2010|access-date=August 9, 2012|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120915122400/http://www.secretservice.gov/press/GPA06-10_LondonECTF.pdf |archive-date=September 15, 2012}}</ref>


Both task forces are said to concentrate on a wide range of "computer-based criminal activity," including:
Both task forces are said to concentrate on a wide range of "computer-based criminal activity," including: