IPTS Workshop on Cyber Crime

German Developments

Definition

• No common (international) definitions on High-tech crime Cyber crime Computer crime It-crime • No Internet crime

Definition

German police: Computer crime: all criminal offences containing “ADP” in its elements IT-Crime : all criminal offences aimed at disturbing data networks or using data networks

Statistics

Prosecution Investigation  Crime Statistics of Police (http://www.bka.de)  Information service on IT-crime

Criminal Investigation Departments

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Federal Police:

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State Police: Bundeskriminalamt 16 States 16 Main offices (in state capitals „Landeskriminalamt“/LKA) ? Field offices in each town

BKA

IT-Crime Unit     Intelligence Forensics Internet investigations Internet patrol

State Polices

Landeskriminalämter   Computer crime units (investigation) Computer forensic units Field offices  Fraud units

Skill

BKA

 Trained officers for Internet investigations in two specialised units

Landeskriminalämter

 Trained officers for computer crime  Few experts for Internet investigations

Field offices

 No trained officers

Training

Common concept but no money

Training

Federal Police • Private companies • In-house courses

Training

State Police • Differs from State to State • Introduction by experts of the Federal Police

Awareness

Law Enforcement  Inadequate  Lack of Readiness Politicians  Lack of knowledge of the background

Co-operation

Business world  Bankers no information voluntarily  Traders fear of rivalry  Telecommunication carriers

Co-operation

Industry  Lack of knowledge within police  Lack of time within police  One-way street to industry side

Co-operation

• No fixed working group • Meetings with target groups on current problems ( e.g. ISPs, Internet auctioneers, consumer associations ) • LE - Industry - Conferences

Main Problems

• Lack of trained and equipped officers  Privacy • Procedural law • Mutual legal assistance