150 ◾ Cyber Fraud: Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures
As for those states that have operational cyber crimes units, the resources available to state
units vary considerably from those of the Federal Police. State police units are funded by their
respective states and, for this reason, the funding that the state units receive is generally a reflec-
tion of the state’s economy. us, São Paulo, which is responsible for one-third of the Brazilian
GDP, has the best developed unit of any state police department. However, in spite of their status
as the leader among state cyber crimes units, even the São Paulo police are severely impoverished
and lack many of the most basic resources that would be needed to run a marginally operational
cyber crime ...