CONSIDERATIONS ON THE EFFICIENCY OF THE ROMANIAN NEW CRIMINAL CODE IN COMBATTING CYBERCRIME

Abstract

The New Criminal Code addresses in an adequate way the challenges of the cyberspace, being a useful tool in the hands of law enforcement agencies involved in combating a large spectrum of communications and cyberrelated offences. From a broad perspective, one could state that the changes made to the previous legislation are pertinent considering the real need of indictment outlined by the analysis of the judicial practice, while the new issues essentially contribute to the creation of a modern legal framework, capable of safeguarding the social values which will come up in the near future from the interaction of people with a booming information technology.

Keywords

• crime
• computer system
• computer data
• illegal access
• intercepting
• computer-related forgery
• computer-related fraud
• child pornography
• harassment
• electronic vote
• electronic payment instrument