Internet fraud threatens to undermine legitimate electronic commerce.
Jurisdiction creates infinite problems for computer crime investigations.
Developing workable codes of conduct, laws and communication networks is complex and time consuming. While technology does not fundamentally change the nature of crime, it allows criminals to operate in ways that are more secure, more efficient and more clandestine than ever before. The Internet is an expanding information source, communications medium and business tool. Although employed primarily for legitimate purposes, it does not discriminate between lawful and unlawful users and it is ideally suited to such criminal activity as fraud, drug trafficking and the distribution of child pornography. This figure does not account for the inestimable value of lost information in a world that is becoming increasingly dependent on technology.