Manila, March 16 -- The Cybercrime Investigation and Coordinating Center (CICC) on Monday partnered with the Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission (PAOCC) to boost the country's fight against digital organized crime, particularly illicit online gambling.

In a message to the Philippine News Agency, CICC head of communications Aya Macalma said the CICC's role in its partnership with PAOCC -the country's focal agency tasked to investigate and prosecute organized crimes- is to develop comprehensive case files for investigation.

"CICC is mandated with the preparation to establish a case build-up against and prosecution of organized crime groups," Macalma said.

In particular, the CICC will assist in carrying out digital forensics acti...