Transnational Cybercrime and Fraud

Smith, Russell G.

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“…A decade after Gibson's definition of cyberspace, Rheingold (1994: 5) offers a more vivid definition of the concept as: "the conceptual space where words, human relationships, data, wealth and power are manifested by people using CMC [computer-mediated communications] technology". The cyberspace creates certain difficulties for law enforcement and prosecution agencies (Smith, 2014). This is because "systems that people rely upon, from banks to air defense radars, are accessible from cyberspace and can be quickly taken over or knocked out without first defeating a country's traditional defenses" (Clarke and Knake, 2010: 31).…”

Section: Conceives Cyberspace Asmentioning

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“…Smugglers and traffickers use the internet to organize their network and activities in an effective, efficient and less risky manner (Nicola, 2014). With the digitalization of critical personal information, identity theft is now prevalent (Mitra, 2010), and criminals can use personal information obtained from data leaked publicly or extracted from online databases or from users via social engineering to carry out different kinds of illicit activities (Smith, 2014). Criminal organizations around the world use the internet to communicate and network and do not necessarily have to meet physically (Nicaso and Lemothe, 2005).…”

Section: Crime and Disorder In The Cyberspace: An Overviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Cyber Criminology and the Quest for Social Order in Nigerian Cyberspace

Ndubueze¹

2016

NJSA

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Digital and Computer Mediated Communication (CMC) technologies have altered traditional forms of social relationships across modern societies and have raised critical concerns about social order in the cyberspace. The amorphous and borderless nature of virtual communities have allowed various deviants, criminals and terrorists elements to permeate them. The resultant criminogenic atmosphere has created a new research agenda for the discipline of criminology. This paper examines the emergence of cyber criminology as a twenty-first century field of criminology and argues that its growth is a fall-out of concerns about the increasing rate of crime and disorder in the cyberspace. Cyber criminology seeks to offer explanation to the causation of deviance, crime and terrorism in the cyberspace. The paper which is anchored on Jaishankar’s Space Transition Theory and Cohen and Felson’s Routine Activity Theory highlights the challenges, prospects and future direction of the evolving field of cyber criminology and its relevance to the quest for order in the Nigerian cyberspace.

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Section: Conceives Cyberspace Asmentioning

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Section: Crime and Disorder In The Cyberspace: An Overviewmentioning

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Cyber Criminology and the Quest for Social Order in Nigerian Cyberspace

Ndubueze¹

2016

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“…"Serious crime" is defined as "conduct constituting an offence punishable by a maximum deprivation of liberty of at least four years or a more serious penalty" [31]. The modern fraud environment is not only increasingly transnational, it is also more organized (Smith, 2014), and the resources and expertise associated with many transnational identity crimes is of a degree normally associated with organised criminal groups (Ozaki, 2007, p. 12).…”

Section: Un Convention Against Transnational Organized Crimementioning

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Towards a common identity? The harmonisation of identity theft laws

Clough

2015

Journal of Financial Crime

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If you would like to write for this, or any other Emerald publication, then please use our Emerald for Authors service information about how to choose which publication to write for and submission guidelines are available for all. Please visit www.emeraldinsight.com/authors for more information. About Emerald www.emeraldinsight.comEmerald is a global publisher linking research and practice to the benefit of society. The company manages a portfolio of more than 290 journals and over 2,350 books and book series volumes, as well as providing an extensive range of online products and additional customer resources and services.Emerald is both COUNTER 4 and TRANSFER compliant. The organization is a partner of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and also works with Portico and the LOCKSS initiative for digital archive preservation. AbstractPurpose -The purpose of this paper is to consider potential criminal law responses to the global challenge of "identity crime". In particular, it focuses on a specific offence of "identity theft". It begins with a discussion of the meaning of "identity" in the context of modern transactions, before defining "identity crime" and related terms. Legal responses are then considered before turning to the importance of harmonisation. The transnational nature of modern identity crimes makes it essential that law enforcement agencies not only have suitable offences at their disposal but also the frameworks to facilitate international cooperation. Design/methodology/approach -Given the increasingly transnational and organized nature of modern identity crime, this paper adopts a comparative approach. It draws upon provisions from Australia, Canada, the UK and the USA. It also looks at responses to identity crime at the regional and international level. Findings -Although there is currently no international instrument which specifically and comprehensively addresses identity theft, it is argued that there is an urgent need for further international discussion as to the desirability and form of identity theft provisions. While international agreement may not be reached, such discussions are important in assisting countries to develop appropriate legal frameworks and capacity to address the modern fraud environment. Originality/value -It is hoped that this paper will contribute to, and facilitate, important ongoing discussions as to the most effective ways in which to tackle identity crime at the national and international levels.

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Economic Fraud Crimes on the Internet: Development of New ‘Weapons’ and Strategies to Annihilate the Danger

Papantoniou

2017

EU Internet Law

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Transnational Cybercrime and Fraud

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Cyber Criminology and the Quest for Social Order in Nigerian Cyberspace

Cyber Criminology and the Quest for Social Order in Nigerian Cyberspace

Towards a common identity? The harmonisation of identity theft laws

Economic Fraud Crimes on the Internet: Development of New ‘Weapons’ and Strategies to Annihilate the Danger

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