Combatting Sexual Cybercrime in the Age of Technological Advancement

Combatting Sexual Cybercrime in the Age of Technological Advancement

Globalization has brought significant changes in the world where there have been significant developments across different industries. The changes in technology and innovation have created a considerable influence on the lives of humanity.  Thus the increased focus on innovation has led to the development of more sophisticated techniques. These developments have led to the emerging of new forms of crime that involve computers and networks (Cheng, Chan, & Chau, 18). Cybercrime has been a significant issue over the internet, which utilizes speed, convenience, anonymity, and vulnerability of individuals and organizations to cause serious harm. There is a very high rate of cybercrimes currently based on the shift in human interaction and relations, which are highly defined computers and the internet. There are different types of cybercrime which target different setting, although it is essential to understand that all the different types of cybercrimes are detrimental to individual wellbeing.

Turkey is of the countries in Europe that have embraced technology, which is influencing the level of performance and individual interaction. Social relationships have been defined through online relations that have established individuals relations. Young girls have been targeted in online sexual crime rackets across the country as well as the global context. Children are vulnerable, and many of these cyber criminals tend to exploit the vulnerability of these children to advance their illegal and immoral agenda (Ateş et al., 29). These contacts with children are carried out using trickery, force, bribe or pressure. Perpetrators of these crimes attempt to abuse a position of vulnerability, differential power or trust for sexual favours. The fact that these activities have been increasing significantly presents a difficult situation where there is a need to focus on developing better approaches to improve the advancement of child molestation and sexual assault through the use of technology.

An important consideration that can be made in this case is controlling access to the internet among children. Restrictions are essential in helping maintain a proper system, which helps define an improved change process for a successful level of engagement. The regulatory bodies as well parents need to protect children from these predators who are seeking to use any available opportunity to brainwash these children (Morris, 17). Implementation of guidelines such as biometric identification would be essential in restricting children’s access to internet content. Biometric identification has been developed based on current technology, which has sought to improve security and accessibility.  Biometric is considered as a more secure and reliable by governments and other agencies which are adopting technology concepts. The significant advantages of biometric identification include the fact that they are safe, accurate, convenient, and maintain a high level of accountability.

Law enforcement has a significant role to play in creating a well-defined system that defines a more substantial system that controls the use of the internet as well as prosecution of the perpetrators. Undercover law enforcement offers the most basic method that can be effectively integrated into the system to help track and identify these individuals from the community. Undercover investigators can follow up these individuals by posing as potential recruits, which will help in creating a structured system for change. Development of a virtual global task force that deals with cyber criminals are, especially focusing on child sexual abuse online (Djanggih, 25).

Another important strategy that has been developed has been the cooperation between private and government agencies. The interaction between private and government agencies are more likely to create a better platform where it would be easier to attain improved outcomes in relation to online sexual abuse (Ateş et al., 38).  The cooperation involves blocking of the registered sexual offenders as well as all the links associated to child offending. Private companies such as Facebook and Google have the mandate to monitor these activities and forward the identities of perpetrators to the government.

Works cited

Ateş, Emre Cihan, Erkan Bostanci, and Mehmet Serdar Güzel. “Cybercrimes against children in Turkey.” 2018 6th International Symposium on Digital Forensic and Security (ISDFS). IEEE, 2018.

Cheng, Cecilia, Linus Chan, and Chor-lam Chau. “Individual Differences in Susceptibility to Cybercrime Victimization and Its Psychological Aftermath.” Computers in Human Behavior (2020): 106311.

Djanggih, Hardianto. “The Phenomenon Of Cyber Crimes Which Impact Children As Victims In Indonesia.” Yuridika 33.2 (2018): 212-231.

Morris, Michael. The Impact of Advancing Technologies Upon Global Human Trafficking and Sexual Exploitation in Society Today. Diss. Utica College, 2017.