Crucial Elements in Law Enforcement against Cybercrime

Year 2018, Volume: 7 Issue: 3, 140 - 158, 01.09.2018

Xingan Li

Abstract

Technological innovation, globalization, and urbanization have facilitated criminals and terrorists to pose a fresh wave of hazards that can shake the security establishment of global markets. The development of information and communications technology creates not only advantages, convenience and efficiency, but also disadvantages, challenges and threats. The purpose of this paper is to explore into crucial elements in combating cybercrime. The paper identified the following crucial elements as special perpetrator-victim relationship, time elements, spatial elements, technological nature of cybercrime, complexity, costs, anonymity, hidden victims, concealment, trans-territoriality, and fast increase in recent four decades. They should be emphasized in fighting against cybercrime. The paper further analyzes the phenomenon of rent-seeking from the exaggeration of insecurity and cybercrime, which can be misinformation in this battle.

Keywords

Cybercrime, Crucial elements, Victimization, Motivation, Dark figure, Trans-territoriality, Rent-seeking from exaggeration

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