We may finally be in for some robocall relief.

“I get robocalls all the time just like you do, and they’re incredibly annoying,” SC Attorney General Alan Wilson said.

“Fighting those calls requires the telecommunications industry to work with law enforcement, so we’re asking for the industry’s help.”

Wilson has joined a bipartisan coalition of 52 attorneys general in calling on USTelecom, the leading association of telecommunications providers.

They want it and its Industry Traceback Group (ITG) to improve law enforcement against illegal robocallers.

The coalition urged the association to further develop robocall traceback and other tools suited to law enforcement needs.

Their letter asked USTelecom to advance ITG’s ability to identify robocall campaigns, conduct automated investigations and coordinate with law enforcement agencies.

“Far too many people have accepted robocalls as a normal part of their everyday lives.

“The unfortunate reality is that we expect the number of robocalls to continue climbing if we don’t take quick and aggressive action.”

A key will be for USTelecom to collect live data to detect illegal robocall campaigns and take action.

“These fraudulent calls are a threat to vulnerable people who have no reason to doubt the voice on the other end of the line,” Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost said.

The Telephone Robocall Abuse Criminal Enforcement and Deterrence (TRACED) Act enables the industry to combat caller-ID spoofing and take other sweeping anti-robocall measures.

The Federal Trade Commission reports that, in 2018, SC residents reported 75,115 complaints about calls to numbers that are on the “Do Not Call” registry. More than 60% of those were robocalls.