23Jun98 UK: NEW UNIT TO COMBAT HIGH-TECH CRIME (230). from YOMIURI SHIMBUN, June 05, 1998 The NPA recorded 263 high-tech crimes last year-eight times more than in 1992. High-tech crime was on the agenda of the Group of Eight summit meeting in Britain last month, where the eight leaders agreed to report on their efforts to combat high-tech crime at the G-8 summit in Cologne, Germany, next year. The NPA said Japan's current laws are inadequate and it would push to have new laws enacted to limit access to computers by those with criminal intent.