Centre launches ‘Cri-MAC Portal’
Context
Recently, Centre has launched an online platform meant to share information and coordinate action among law enforcement agencies on serious criminal incidents, including human trafficking.
About Crime Multi Agency Center (Cri-MAC)
- It was launched in 2020 by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA).
- It aims to share information on crime and criminals 24x7 with various law enforcement agencies and ensure a seamless flow of information among them.
- It aims to help in early detection and prevention of crime incidents across the country
- It is run by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB).
- States and UTs not participating in implementation
- West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Mizoram, Manipur, Nagaland and Sikkim and Union Territory of Dadra, Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu have not uploaded a single alert on Cri-Mac since the portal was launched in March 2020.
- Most participation
- Delhi, Assam and Haryana uploaded the maximum number of alerts on the portal, which included information on release of a hardened criminal from jail or an incident of terror, murder, dacoity among others.
Significance
- Cri-MAC facilitates dissemination of information about significant crimes, including human trafficking across the country on real-time basis and enables inter-State coordination.
- This can help in locating and identifying the trafficked victims as also in prevention, detection and investigation of crime.
