Trying to Fight This

Law enforcement training is key. Preventing, detecting, investigating, and prosecuting economic crimes must become a priority in order to lessen their impact on the economy and the public's confidence. Law enforcement, as it stands now, is in danger of slipping further behind highly sophisticated criminals. Specialized training in the areas of economic and computer crime, as well as computer forensics, needs to be continued for law enforcement personnel at the Federal, state, and local levels. This is especially important as nearly all white-collar crime now involves computers. Laws, regulations, and reporting systems are crucial solutions. In the U.S., all levels of government have allowed self-regulation of the Internet. Government regulation, for the most part, has focused on cybercrimes that are not economic ones, such as child pornography and cyberstalking. That attitude appears to be changing. There are numerous bills pending in Congress that address criminal frauds committed on the Internet, identity theft, and issues involving Internet security and attacks upon websites.

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