NCJ Number
209342
Journal
Global Crime Volume: 6 Issue: 1 Dated: February 2004 Pages: 146-157
Date Published
February 2004
Length
12 pages
Annotation
This article reviews some of the basic forms of cybercrime, reviews issues that arise when offenses occur across borders related to organized crime, and provides illustrations based on some celebrated cases.
Abstract
Knowing no boundaries, cybercrime can be committed from the other side of the world as easily as from next door. Cybercrime involves three types of cases: conventional crimes committed with computers, attacks on computer networks, and conventional criminal cases. Conventional crimes include child pornography, forgery, and stalking. Attacks on computer networks include theft, espionage, political statements, vandalism, and information warfare, revenge, and attention seeking. Conventional criminal cases are cases such as drug trafficking, in which evidence exists in digital form. This article reviews some of these basic forms of cybercrime, draws specific attention to the issues that arise when offenses occur across borders and in relation to organized criminal groupings, and presents illustrations based on some of the more known cases of the past few years. Notes, references