The widest diffusion of the internet during the 1990s has drastically changed nearly

every aspect of our daily livinglives. While more people have online access, terrorist and
malicious groups were have been exploiting the Internet. Law enforcement and the
judicial system have failed to keep up with the possible looming threats of this
phenomenon. Developed countries were are trying to raise vigilance against each
possible flaw in legislation, yet their reactive efforts were are (often) too late. There are
obvious causes for increased modern crimes, and solutions may be possible if
governments adopt a more proactive approach.
 
Nowadays the internet (especially social networks) brings together a diverse spectrum of
people, and criminals cannot simply erase their electronic fingerprint which is usually
stained with all kinds of criminal operations they commit. Unfortunately, most law
enforcement adopts a reactive rather than proactive approach to their activities. The
vulnerability of this system is usually evaluated after a scandal takes place, resulting in
irreversible damages. This is the most expensive and least effective approach. In 2017
the FBI found out that drug smugglers were using Twitter for their operation, the
discovery enhanced their investigation to disband one of the largest drug networks in the
US.
 
Developed countries must assist small and poorer nations that lack the resources
necessary to investigate cyber-crimes. Developed nations should assist these countries,
especially those that have high rates of origin of cyber-crimes. This is one of the few
ways to combat global cyber threats that originate from or migrate to these countries.
 
In conclusion, the cause for this increase in crime rate is related to the inabilities of
governments to keep their crime-fighting mechanism up to date. I believe as technology
has progressed, crimes have become more complicated and enforcement agencies
must understand this to combat these unique crimes.

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