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The United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research
Institute (UNICRI) is pleased to inform you of the release of the seventh
issue of the magazine Freedom From Fear (F3) focusing on Cybercrimes, which can be found at www.freedomfromfearmagazine.org
F3 aims to contribute to the advancement of knowledge and to raise
awareness on the international community’s priority issues, with a
special focus on crime and justice-related matters. The Magazine embodies a
forum of discussion for governments, media, academia, research institutes,
international organizations, experts and the public at large.
The partners of this initiative are the Max Planck Institute for Foreign
and International Criminal Law (MPI) and the Basel Institute on Governance.
This number of the Magazine covers issues ranging from the
evolution of cybercrimes, to terrorist use of information technology, to
the main offences committed through the Internet, aiming to improve our
knowledge of growing. phenomena.
Nowadays, security is no longer just an issue in the real world: it
is a virtual matter as well. We can now exchange information and know-how
from one side of the world to another in just a few seconds. The
accessibility of information combined with the fact that all aspects of our
life are electronically stored are the two aspects that contribute to our
socio-economic development, our possibility to enjoy the freedom of a world
simultaneously connected to us, but also to our vulnerability to
cybercrime. Phishing, pharming, credit card fraud, identity theft, computer
espionage, hacking, the elaboration and diffusion of viruses and worms,
just to mention a few, are now part of our common dictionary.
This issue includes several perspectives on cybercrimes and
suggestions to reduce our own vulnerability and on how to prevent this kind
of attacks.
UNICRI assists the international community in
formulating and implementing improved policies in the field of crime
prevention and justice due regard being paid to the integration of such
policies within broader policies for socio-economic change and development,
and to the protection of human rights.
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