TECHNOLOGY, A social component is missing Romanian anti-cybercrime effort

Romania has long time as a hotbed of Internet criminal activity, but in recent years law enforcement agencies have made significant efforts right, to combat online fraud gangs, to steal the millions of victims throughout the world each year.
Enforcement actions show a visible increase in the number of right media reports and two official statistics in this area. The Romanian Directorate for the investigation of organised crime and terrorism (DIICOT) reports 2010 977 new cases registered 1,157 Internet criminal investigations opened already in the first eight months of this year.
The fact that law enforcement can efforts to those responsible to justice only a good thing, but according to Bogdan Manolea, cyberlaw expert and executive Director of the Romanian Association for technology and Internet (ApTI), this is only treat of the symptoms and not the cause.
"As long as the Romanian authorities only this problem as individuals and not as a phenomenon are handled, I don't think that there are great strides achieved that long to medium term, be,", Manolea said.
Despite DIICOT of increasing efforts to stamp out cyber-crime are more and more young people always such activities involved, and Josiah, after serving prison time for associated offences. This is done through a combination of factors from, the poor state of the economy and the lack of job opportunities judgments, that some consider too indulgent. However, little is done is, to determine, to combat the causes.
"I'm talking about the need and the ability of the authorities work with the private sector to determine the factors that transformed them into a phenomenon, to adopt the motives of the parties, the prevalence of the problem and solutions at the national level, which discourage the involvement of young people in this type of activity." "So far we this are pretty bad," said Manolea.
Almost all forms of cyber-crime are in Romania, including fake online auctions, VoIP was, to clone credit card and slide the manufacture of devices. But is the most popular type of online fraud in Romania's Internet criminals, phishing.
The simplicity of phishing could explain why it is so attractive to Romanian fraudsters. Although a significant threat for years now, continue to phishing attacks a high success rate have since protection of user training is largely dependent on.
Phishing is in Romania, that it has become almost a national brand so prevalent and perceive colour as foreigners of the country, especially in cyberspace.
Another reason for the popularity of phishing is that it is not seriously punished. DIICOT announcements and news mention article sentences with a maximum of 20 years in prison, but are often the actual penalties far less than that.
Manolea analyzes public data on court judgements and found that the average phishing are sentences between two to four years in prison. Suspended sentences get defendants in some cases.
Each has attenuating or aggravating circumstances, and it is normal that the maximum sentence for rarely be handed down, note Manolea. But the big difference between the declared and actual penalties distorted public opinion, leading to feelings that the legal system does not work.
Manolea not believe that harsher penalties result in a solution, since such measures to a decrease in the crime. However, he feels that the social risks associated with these actions should be discussed more.
"This topic isn't enough, with only one or two events dedicated to cybercrime has been discussed every year." There are probably some judges, still no clear picture what these young people actually do, "he said."
Despite the increasing cooperation with foreign Partnern--DIICOT exchange information with law enforcement agencies in more than 50 countries, a spokesman for sagte-- there are still many hurdles that prosecutors face when their cases to create. Anonymity, by the Internet and the difficult task to identify and victims, interview, especially if most of them foreigners, transmitted are only some of them.
It is not only Romanian authorities, which are on Cybercrime cracks down. Other Eastern European countries with a long history of online fraud, including the Ukraine and also their efforts have strengthened Bulgaria. But not these Governments have even recognized that to bring awareness and education of young people as important as criminals behind bars.

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