Technology Enabled Crime: Examining the Role of Cryptocurrency

Abstract: The illicit use of cryptocurrencies is an area in which a race exists between criminals seeking to exploit evolving technology, investigators trying to detect or disrupt activity, and legislators attempting to regulate its use. Law enforcement face multiple challenges, including the identification of offenders and the lack of a consistent regulatory framework to prosecute criminal activity as well as of tools and training to prevent or disrupt crime. To better understand the relationship between cryptocurrency offending and digital disruption* investigation and prevention methods, a review of the existing scientific evidence was conducted with the aim of supporting practitioners, such as the police, in their work of preventing, disrupting and reducing crime. Findings detail the categories and volume of criminal activity as well as the influence of cryptocurrency markets on crime and important aspects for law enforcement practitioners, while a selection of digital disruption investi.... https://www.kriminologie.de/index.php/krimoj/article/view/225

Object Details

• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource
• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Technology Enabled Crime: Examining the Role of Cryptocurrency ; number:4 ; year:2022 ; Kriminologie - das Online-Journal ; Heft 4 (2022)

Contributors, Places and Time

• Creator: McCord, Alex ; Birch, Philip ; Davison, Alan

Further information

• DOI: 10.18716/ojs/krimoj/2022.4.4
• URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-2406130118183.180375479165
• Rights: Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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