Prevention by the Internal Affairs Bodies at the Regional Level of Offenses Committed Using Information and Telecommunication Technologies (Based on Materials from the Stavropol Territory)

The changes taking place in our society in all spheres of political, economic and social life, first of all, affected the level of crime, namely crimes and offenses committed using modern information and telecommunication technologies. For the criminal community, terrorist groups, the Internet serves as the main channel for communication with young people and a way of recruiting them. Of course, factors such as ease of use, speed of information transfer and its anonymity, multimedia capabilities, weak legal regulation and easy access to the audience explain the popularity of this resource among criminals. Therefore, being an ideal means of communication, including for the dissemination of extremist ideas, the Internet in a sense acts as a vector contributing to the growth of offenses in this area. Currently, there is a continuous process of digitalization of property offenses, which is clearly seen in criminal statistics. “Traditional” thefts and frauds are being replaced by theft of electronic funds and fraud in the field of computer information and the use of electronic means of payment, which requires an adequate response from law enforcement agencies, including in terms of prevention. In this article, the authors consider the essential content and features of the functioning of the preventive direction of the internal affairs bodies of the Stavropol Territory, associated with the prevention of offenses committed using modern information and telecommunication technologies (cyber offenses), as well as its three constituent subdirections. In addition, the work provides a positive experience of organizing and carrying out preventive activities in this direction by divisions of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in the Stavropol Territory. These issues require further research in order to develop the main directions of crime prevention in this area, which is quite justified and promising.

cybercrimes, offenses committed with the use of information and telecommunication technologies, crime prevention, forms of preventive action, preventive direction, internal affairs bodies, regional level