Cybercrime and Jurisdiction: A global survey

Cybercrime is remarkably varied and widespread, and financial losses range from a  few hundred dollars being extorted to multi-million dollar cyberfraud cases. Increasingly, cybercrime also involves the risk of terrorist attacks bringing down a major part of the Internet. Countries are discovering that it may be impossible for them to prosecute cybercriminals. Cybercrimes, unlike ‘ordinary’ crimes, are transnational in nature and it is often difficult to say just where they take place. This causes legal problems, since jurisdiction is usually still confined to the place where the crime was committed. A related issue is to what extent the police can investigate cybercrimes across borders, through the Internet: do they infringe the sovereignty of other countries?   This book surveys how these issues in cybercrime jurisdiction are dealt with by countries around the world, including the US, Japan, Korea, India, Brazil, Chile, Australia, New Zealand, Italy,Germany, Belgium, Denmark, and the UK. A score of experts assess how well the laws of their countries and the Cybercrime Convention deal with transnational cybercrime, and how jurisdiction conflicts should be resolved. With this in-depth survey of views and practices of cybercrime jurisdiction, the authors hope to contribute to a more concerted international effort towards effectively fighting cybercrime. The book is therefore highly recommended to policy-makers, members of the judiciary, academics and practitioners.   Bert-Jaap Koops is Professor of Regulation & Technology at the Tilburg Institute for Law, Technology, and Society (TILT) of Tilburg University, The Netherlands. Susan W. Brenner is NCR Distinguished Professor of Law & Technology, University of Dayton School of Law, Ohio, US.

Table of Contents:
Cybercrime Jurisdiction — An Introduction.- Jurisdiction in The Cybercrime Convention.- International Co-Operation as A Promise and A Threat.- Cybercrime and Jurisdiction In Australia.- Cybercrime and Jurisdiction In Belgium and The Netherlands. Lotus in Cyberspace — Whose Sovereignty is at Stake?.- Cybercrime and Jurisdiction In Brazil. From Extraterritorial to Ultraterritorial Jurisdiction.- Cybercrime and Jurisdiction in Chile.- Cybercrime and Jurisdiction in Denmark.- Cybercrime and Jurisdiction In Germany. The Present Situation and The Need For New Solutions.- Cybercrime and Jurisdiction In India.- Cybercrime and Jurisdiction In Italy.- Cybercrime and Jurisdiction In Japan.- Cybercrime and Jurisdiction In The Republic of Korea.- Cybercrime and Jurisdiction In New Zealand.- Cybercrime and Jurisdiction in United Kingdom.- Cybercrime and Jurisdiction in The United States.- The Next Step: Prioritizing Jurisdiction.