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The head of the U.S. Secret Service on Tuesday signed a memorandum of understanding with the head of the Italian police and the chief executive officer of the Italian Postal Service to set up an international task force to combat cyber crime.

The European Electronic Crime Task Force—not to be confused with the private study group of the same name that began operating in 2003—will tackle identity theft, hacking and other computer-based crime from a headquarters in Rome, Italian officials said…

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