Cyber Law

Cybercrime Crosses Borders: Justice Dilemma ๐ŸŒ


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๐ŸŒ When Crime Has No Borders

๐ŸŒŸ Imagine a hacker in Russia attacking an American bank while sitting in the UK - which country prosecutes? This mind-bending jurisdictional puzzle is exactly what happens in cybercrime every single day!

๐Ÿ’ก What You'll Discover:

  • ๐Ÿ” How the Budapest Convention creates a global framework for fighting cybercrime
  • โš–๏ธ Why 48 countries agreed to harmonize their cyber laws (but India didn't join)
  • ๐ŸŽฏ The four main categories of cybercrime that keep prosecutors busy worldwide
  • ๐Ÿšจ How mutual legal assistance (MLA) and extradition actually work in practice

๐Ÿš€ Real Cases Discussed:

  • ๐Ÿ’Ž The Levin Case - A hacker arrested in UK for attacking Citibank in America, but claimed the crime happened in Russia where he pressed the keys
  • โญ Budapest Convention on Cybercrime (2001) - The groundbreaking international treaty that changed everything

๐Ÿ”ง Key Legal Mechanisms Explained:

  • ๐Ÿ“‹ Dual criminality requirements and how they're simplified
  • ๐Ÿค Cross-border evidence collection procedures
  • โœˆ๏ธ Extradition processes for cyber criminals
  • ๐Ÿ“Š Four crime categories: system attacks, computer fraud, content crimes, and copyright violations

๐ŸŽ™๏ธ By the end, you'll understand why cybercrime law is one of the most complex areas of international justice - and why countries desperately need to work together to catch digital criminals!

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Cyber LawBy Sharad Bansal