The Cyber Crime Unit (Greek: Τμήμα Δίωξης Ηλεκτρονικού Εγκλήματος; which can be literally translated as Electronic Crime Prosecution or roughly Cyber Crime Prosecution) of the Hellenic Police, for which legislative responsibility remains with the Ministry of Citizen Protection, was officially founded in 2004 with Greek Presidential Decree 100/2004 Government Gazette 69/Α/3-3-2004. In 2011 with Presidential Decree 9/2011 Government Gazette 24/Α/21-2-2011 was the establishment of the Authority of Financial Police and Cyber Crime Subdivision (Υπηρεσία Οικονομικής Αστυνομίας και Δίωξης Ηλεκτρονικού Εγκλήματος - ΥΠ.Ο.Α.Δ.Η.Ε.), of Police Directorate level, commenced operation in August 2011 comprises the Financial Police Subdivision and the Cyber Crime Subdivision. It was reformed in 2014 with Article 17 of Section 2 of Law 4249/2014 Government Gazette 73/Α/24-3-2014 in which renamed Cyber Crime Division (Greek: Διεύθυνση Δίωξης Ηλεκτρονικού Εγκλήματος - ΔΙ.Δ.Η.Ε.), including the foundation and structure of Cyber Crime Subdivision of Northern Greece in Thessaloniki. Although it is still continues to be commonly known to as Cyber Crime Unit or Cyber Crime Center. The legislation for the Cyber Crime Division has amended with the Article 31 of the Presidential Decree 82/2020 Government Gazette 183/A/23-9-2020.
