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

Statistics Prosecution Investigation  Crime Statistics of Police (  Information service on IT-crime

Criminal Investigation Departments Federal Police: BundeskriminalamtFederal Police: Bundeskriminalamt State Police: 16 States 16 Main offices (in state capitals „Landeskriminalamt“/LKA) ?Field offices in each townState Police: 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 Private companies In-house courses Federal Police

Training Differs from State to State State Police 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 Procedural law Mutual legal assistance  Privacy