Organised crime - the cyber dimension

Demetis, Dionysios

Abstract

This chapter reviews a few critical technological developments and reflects both on their trajectory and on the opportunities they harbour for novel forms of cyber-enabled criminality. While the future of organised crime remains forever out of grasp, primarily due to fundamental uncertainties created by the introduction of any new technology and the radical innovation that criminals exhibit, there are sensible aspects that we can consider and learn from. By taking examples from the dark web, blockchain technology and artificial intelligence, this chapter puts forward several new research directions that reflect on the intersection between technology and organised crime. These must prompt researchers to design new studies and engage with novel scholarly explorations; as an academic community, we must consider the ways in which a deeper understanding of organised crime can emerge from how the adoption of new technologies can occur.

Citation

Demetis, D. (2023). Organised crime - the cyber dimension. In B. Rider (Ed.), A Research Agenda for Organised Crime (177-194). Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781802201369.00014

• Online Publication Date: May 21, 2023
• Publication Date: Mar 21, 2023
• Deposit Date: May 4, 2023
• Publicly Available Date: Sep 22, 2023
• Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
• Pages: 177-194
• Series Title: Elgar Research Agendas
• Book Title: A Research Agenda for Organised Crime
• Chapter Number: 8
• ISBN: 9781802201352
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4337/9781802201369.00014
• Keywords: Cybercrime; Cyber-enabled criminality; Information systems; Dark web; Blockchain; Artificial intelligence
• Public URL: https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4276873
• Publisher URL: https://www.elgaronline.com/display/book/9781802201369/book-part-9781802201369-14.xml
• Contract Date: Mar 21, 2023