Identifying the Various Types of Cybercrimes

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1. What are the various types of cybercrime?
Cybercrime includes criminal activities consisting of personal computers, the web, or other interconnected frameworks. The phrase denotes crimes including charge card fraudulence, phishing, industrial reconnaissance, shams, prohibited downloading, cyber terrorism, spam, infections creation and circulation, and related tasks. Cyberstalking is a show that is typically done via horning within individuals’ individual life inclined to trigger stress, anxiety, worry, and distress. Trademark theft is a cybercrime that entails fraudulent activities to obtain someone’s innovation, procedure, formula, style, or brand investigation for financial gain. Salami attack or cyber assault involves cyber thugs and assailants swipe cash within an incredibly negligible amount emanating from various bank accounts to create a considerable volume. E-mail bombing is the crime of sending large volumes of mails to a targeted individual. Lastly, identify theft is a fraud form whereby an individual claims to someone else and performs a crime using another person’s title (Sunil et al., 2020).
2. In your state, who would you turn to to report a financial scam? What are the problems faced by state, federal, and international law enforcement agencies when combating identity fraud perpetrated over the internet? Explain your answer.
I would report a financial scam to the Federal Trade Commission through the ReportFraud.ftc.gov website. It is an agency that enables consumers to report and recover from identity theft. ReportFraud.ftc.gov is a federal government website when an individual can report scams, bad corporate practices, and fraud. The site offers step-by-step guidance and valuable resources such as sample letters and easy-to-print checklists (Federal Trade Commission, n.d.).
The problems faced by state, federal, and international law enforcement agencies in dealing with cybercrime include cybercriminals’ identity, jurisdictional challenges, challenges concerning the evidence nature, and poor reporting and data shortage. Cybercriminal suspects are primarily anonymous, making it difficult to prosecute. The other problem entails jurisdictional challenges, mainly due to state independence, territorial integrity, and sovereignty principle, making laws concerning the same issue different across locations and thus lead to laws conflicts. There is insufficient evidence to prove the fact that a cybercrime happened, particularly during cybercriminals’ trials. Lastly, the lack of adequate reporting of cybercrimes to the proper authorities across nations undermines international efforts to fight the scourge (Ajayi, 2016).
3. What are the two broad categories of trafficking in persons? Explain each.
Human trafficking is mainly categorized into child trafficking and labor trafficking. Children account for nearly one-third of the identified trafficking victims. Trafficking of children disproportionately impacts low-income nations due to the extended child labor phenomenon. Labor trafficking is for domestic servitude purposes. It constitutes a global issue sinc...