Cyber Economic Crime in India An Integrated Model for Prevention and Investigation

This volume provides an overview of cyber economic crime in India, analyzing fifteen years of data and specific case studies from Mumbai to add to the limited research in cyber economic crime detection. Centering around an integrated victim-centered approach to investigating a global crime on the local level, the book examines the criminal justice system response to cyber economic crime and proposes new methods of detection and prevention. It considers the threat from a national security perspective, a cybercrime perspective, and as a technical threat to business and technology installations.

Among the topics discussed:

• Changing landscape of crime in cyberspace
• Cybercrime typology
• Legal framework for cyber economic crime in India
• Cyber security mechanisms in India

A valuable resource for law enforcement and police working on the local, national, and global level in the detection and prevention of cybercrime, Cyber Economic Crime in India will also be of interest to researchers and practitioners working in financial crimes and white collar crime.

1.         Introduction

1.1       Introduction

1.2       Introducing the Technology Landscape in India

1.3       Cyberspace

1.4       Virtual Information Society: New Reality

1.5       Data: New Fuel of the world

1.6       Data Security

1.7       Advantages and Risks

1.8       Cyber Crime

1.9       Economic Crimes

1.10     Cyber Economic Crimes

1.11     Criminal Justice System        

2.         Changing Landscape of Crime in Cyberspace

2.1       Introduction

2.2       Cybercrime Landscape

2.3       Threat agents

2.4       Top Emerging Threats in Cyberspace

2.5       Threat Vectors

2.6       Changing landscape of Cybercrime in Cyberspace: Emerging Trend

3.         Cyber Economic Crime: Criminological studies and Frameworks

3.1       Conceptual Framework

3.2       Theoretical Framework

3.3       Methodological Framework

3.4       Cyber Economic Crime: Criminological perspective.

Part Two: Understanding Phenomenon

4.         Exploring the Phenomenon of Cyber Economic Crime

4.1       Introduction

4.3       The Concept of Economic or Financial Crime

4.4       Economic Crime Concept: Indian Perspective

4.5       Effect of Technology Development on Economic Crime

4.6       Phenomenon of Cyber Economic Crime

4.8       Cyber Economic Crimes: Indian Perspective

4.9       Cyber Economic Crime: Indian Scenario      

4.10     Nature and Scope of the Cyber Economic Crime

4.11     Global Nature of Crime

4.13     Characteristics of Cyber Economic Crimes

4.14     Criminals Committing Cyber Economic Crime

4.15     Motive of Cyber Economic Crime

4.16     Modus Operandi

4.17     Extent of Cyber Economic Crime

5.         Cyber Economic Crime Typology

5.1       Cybercrime Typology

5.3       Prevalent Cyber Economic Crimes

6.         Emerging Trends and Patterns of CEC

6.1       Introduction

6.2       Incidences of Cyber Economic Crime

6.3       Cyber Crime and Cyber Economic Crime Trends

6.4       Trends in IPC, IT Act, SLL Cases in India

6.5       Motives of Cybercrime

6.6       Profiles of Accused Arrested in Cybercrime

6.7       Age of Accused in Cybercrime Cases

6.9       Gender of Arrested Accused in Cyber Crimes Cases

6.10     Pattern Analysis of Cybercrime Incidences and Accused Arrested

6.11     Trend Analysis in Accused Arrested in IT, IPC and SLL cases in India

6.12     Trends in Types Cyber Crime and Cyber Economic Crime in India

6.14     Comparative Study of Metro cities In India for Cybercrime cases

6.15     Comparative Study of Cybercrime within Indian states

Part Three: Response of System in Combating the CEC

7.         Legal Framework for Cyber Economic Crime in India: A Review

7.1       Introduction

7.2       Legal Framework

7.3       Legal Framework for CEC: Concept

7.5       Legal Regime for Cyber Economic Crime

7.6       Main Provisions of Other Laws Dealing with CEC

7.7       Procedural Law for Cyber Economic Crimes

7.8       Cyber Forensics         

7.9       Investigation of the Cyber Economic Crime

8.         Criminal Justice Administration in India: An Overview

8.2       Law Enforcement Agencies

8.3       Judiciary

8.4       Legal Profession in India

8.5       Forensic Lab Administration

8.6       Correctional Administration

9.         Response of Criminal Justice System

9.1       Introduction

9.2       The response of Law Enforcement agencies

9.3       Response of Judiciary

9.5       Conviction: Litmus test of Criminal Case

9.6       The Response of Forensic Laboratory

9.7       Response of Legal Regime to Cybercrime

9.8       Response of Prevention and Awareness Mechanism

Part Four: Way Forward for Combating CEC

10        Integrated Cybercrime and Cyber Security Model

10.1     Introduction

10.2     Brief Overview of the Government Efforts to Tackle Cyber Threat

10.3     Integrated Cybercrime Prevention and Security Model

10.4     Holistic Approach for Creating Cyber Security Framework

10.5     Cyber Security Mechanism

10.6     Cyber Crime Mechanism of CJS for Efficient Response

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Balsing Khandusing Kamal Rajput M Tech, Ph.D. is a serving police officer in Maharashtra state police, speaker and researcher. He has strategic and technical expertise in the field of cybersecurity. He has first-hand experience of building 51 cyber labs and 43 cyber police stations for cybercrime investigation in Maharashtra State. He has led the implementation of the Automatic Multimodal Biometric Identification System project. He is a key member of the team of Maharashtra Cyber Security Project. for development of integrated cybersecurity environment for the state through Maharashtra Computer Emergency Response Team, Predictive Policing Solution and setting up of Center of Excellence in Cybersecurity.

He was the part of the cybersecurity delegation of India to Israel in 2016 and Estonia in 2019. He is the team lead of Maharashtra Cyber Digital Crime Unit to develop the anti-piracy solutions which won the "IP Champions Award "of the USA Chamber of Commerce. He is a Chevening Cyber Security Fellow 2017 of UK and International Visiting leadership Program Fellow of the USA for Cyber Security in 2019.

He has worked in the economic offenses wing of Mumbai police and investigated many sensitive cases. He has experience leading teams in large and complex police security arrangements for big events. He has experience of working in Anti Extremist/ Naxal Operations. He has worked in communal riot sensitive areas and stabilized communal harmony with his citizen-friendly community policing initiatives. As a police officer, he has expertise and experience to maintain law and order; ensure prevention and detection of crime, and investigate and supervise serious cybercrimes and economic offenses. He was a state nodal officer for the social media analysis unit of the election commission for Maharashtra state for assembly and parliamentary elections in 2019.