Crime in Cyberspace: Offenders and the Role of Organized Crime Groups

44 Pages Posted: 4 Feb 2013 Last revised: 7 Apr 2015

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Roderic Broadhurst

School of Regulation & Global Governance (RegNet); Australian National University (ANU) - Cybercrime Observatory

Peter Grabosky

School of Regulation & Global Governance (RegNet)

Mamoun Alazab

Cyber Security

Brigitte Bouhours

Australian National University (ANU)

Steve Chon

ANU Cybercrime Observatory, Australian National University

Chen Da

Australian National University (ANU) - School of Regulation, Justice and Diplomacy

Date Written: May 16, 2013

Abstract

This working paper summarizes what is currently known about cybercrime offenders and groups. The paper briefly outlines definition and scope of cybercrime, the theoretical and empirical challenges in addressing what is known about cyber offenders, and the likely role of organized crime groups (OCG). The paper gives examples of known cases that illustrate individual and group behaviour, profiles typical offenders, including online child exploitation offenders, and describes methods and techniques commonly used to identify crimeware and help trace offenders.

Keywords: cybercrime, Internet crime, cyber offenders, online offenders, online child sex offenders, online investigation

Suggested Citation

Broadhurst, Roderic and Grabosky, Peter and Alazab, Mamoun and Bouhours, Brigitte and Chon, Steve and Da, Chen, Crime in Cyberspace: Offenders and the Role of Organized Crime Groups (May 16, 2013). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2211842 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2211842

Roderic Broadhurst (Contact Author)

School of Regulation & Global Governance (RegNet) ( email )

Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 0200
Australia

Australian National University (ANU) - Cybercrime Observatory ( email )

Peter Grabosky

School of Regulation & Global Governance (RegNet) ( email )

Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 0200
Australia

Mamoun Alazab

Cyber Security ( email )

Australia

HOME PAGE: http://https://sites.google.com/view/alazabm

Brigitte Bouhours

Australian National University (ANU) ( email )

Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 2601
Australia
+61261250115 (Phone)

Steve Chon

ANU Cybercrime Observatory, Australian National University ( email )

Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 2601
Australia

HOME PAGE: http://cybercrime.anu.edu.au

Chen Da

Australian National University (ANU) - School of Regulation, Justice and Diplomacy

Australian National University
Building #8
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 0200
Australia

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