NCJ Number
239661
Journal
Internal Security Volume: 4 Issue: 1 Dated: January - June 2012 Pages: 153-164
Date Published
June 2012
Length
12 pages
Annotation
The article analyses the situation concerning the spread of cybercrime in Ukraine.
Abstract
Despite the low level of Internet usage, and that cybercrime is not an immediate threat to the average Ukrainian, Ukraine has become a place where, in the opinion of European experts, cybercrime long ago became a branch of business. The factors which caused such situation are disclosed. Computer crime, or cybercrime, is defined as the use of computer as an instrument to further illegal ends. The specific nature of cybercrime in Ukraine as well as characteristics of cyber criminals, including age and social status, are given in the article. It deals with the necessity to maintain legislation in order to fight cybercrime and the practical measures which were taken by the government such as forming the Department for Combating Cyber Crime in the structure of the MIA, creating the Interdepartmental Organized Crime Research Center etc. Also the new CC significantly toughened the punishment for committing cybercrimes. Thus, the fight against computer crimes as typical cross-border crime can be facilitated by the appropriate international and national legislative base, a range of organizational measures (including professional training) and special technical support. (Published Abstract)