GEVORG ISRAYELYAN

Candidate of Law, Associate Professor,

Head of the Scientific Research Center of

Applied Problems in Criminology of

National Bureau of Expertises of the National Academy of

Sciences of the Republic of Armenia,

Lecturer at Eurasia International University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.59546/18290744-2024.7-9-85

Annotation. 

Statistical data show that in recent years there has been a negative criminological trend – cases of theft using information and communication technologies have become more frequent, which determines the need to study this problem.

The results of the author’s research indicate that the typical mechanisms of theft carried out using information and communication technologies are obtaining access to Idram wallets, bank card data and the victim’s funds by various means of deception or abuse of trust. It is obvious that the main role in the mechanism of the crimes under discussion, as a rule, belongs to the victim factor. In other words, the commission of these crimes largely determines the personal and behavioral characteristics of the victim, and sometimes the nature of the relationship with the perpetrator. In addition to the victim factor, the commission of the crimes in question is facilitated by the limited technical capabilities of law enforcement agencies.

In the direction of special prevention of the crimes under consideration, the author proposes to resolve the issue of technical re-equipment of law enforcement agencies, provide access to relevant applications, monitor the information space of the Republic of Armenia, promptly identify relevant information of illegal content on the Internet and adequately respond to it.

In order to victimological prevention, it is necessary to hold seminars, discussions and other events among the population on victimological issues of these crimes, carry out media publications of appropriate content, organize victimological and educational classes in educational institutions, conduct explanatory events by law enforcement agencies.

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