The Hon. Darmapriya Wijesinghe (on behalf of the Hon. Rajeevan Jeyachandramoorthy)
A question was raised to the Minister of Public Security and Parliamentary Affairs seeking detailed data on financial cybercrime complaints by category, including credit card fraud, online banking fraud, phishing, SIM swapping, investment scams, digital wallet fraud and related offences. It asked whether any such offences have significantly increased over the past three years, what trends are evident nationally and in the Northern Province, and whether a centralized monitoring and classification mechanism exists across districts and provinces. The question also sought clarification on whether this data is publicly accessible or shared with financial institutions, and, if not, the reasons for non-disclosure.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Question 1012/2025 to the Minister of Public Security and Parliamentary Affairs: Financial cybercrimes — details.
¶ 02 (a) Will he inform this House: (i) the number of financial cybercrime complaints categorized as credit card fraud, online banking fraud, phishing, SIM swapping, investment scams, digital wallet fraud and other related offenses, separately; (ii) whether any particular type of financial cybercrime has shown a significant increase during the past three years; (iii) the trends or patterns identified in the Northern Province as well as nationally; (iv) whether a centralized mechanism exists to monitor, track and classify such crimes across districts and provinces; and (v) whether such data is publicly accessible or shared with financial institutions?
¶ 03 (b) If not, why?
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Cite as: The Hon. Darmapriya Wijesinghe (on behalf of the Hon. Rajeevan Jeyachandramoorthy). 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 6 February 2026. No. 23270. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/4632