CONVENTION ON CYBERNETIC CRIMINAL AND PENAL CODE IN CROATIA

Abstract

Computer revolution has brought up new forms of socially unacceptable behaviour that required criminalization in certain way. Criminal Law of the Republic of Croatia has brought ehanges and additions on October 1, 2004 implemented into Croatian legislative regulations of the Convention on Cybernetic Criminal and Additional Protocol of the Convention. By such, the Republic of Croatia has criminalized much socially unaeceptable behaviour in regard to computers and computer networks, making descriptions of some existing criminal acts concerning computers and computer networks completed. Article deals in details with cyber-criminal acts included into Croatian Criminal Law based on Convention on Cybernetic Criminal and Additional Protocol as well as define their characteristics.