Collaboration between Law Enforcement Agencies in Combating Cybercrime: Implications of a Taiwanese Case Study about ATM Hacking.

An increasing number of cybercrimes has presented new global challenges to law enforcement agencies that traditionally operate within designated geographical jurisdictions and patrol territories. The borderless nature of cyberspace has brought substantial opportunities-both legal and illegal-to its...

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Published in:International Journal of Offender Therapy & Comparative Criminology Vol. 65; no. 4; pp. 390 - 409
Main Authors: Wang, Shun-Yung Kevin, Hsieh, Ming-Li, Chang, Charles Kuang-Ming, Jiang, Pin-Syuan, Dallier, Douglas J.
Format: journal article
Published: Sage Publications Inc. Mar2021
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          Wang, Shun-Yung Kevin
          Hsieh, Ming-Li
          Chang, Charles Kuang-Ming
          Jiang, Pin-Syuan
          Dallier, Douglas J.
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          University of South Florida, St. Petersburg, FL, USA
          University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, Eau Claire, WI, USA
          Central Police University, Taoyuan City, R.O.C
          Winona State University, Winona, MN, USA
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        Taiwan
        Europe
        Law enforcement agencies
        Law enforcement
        Criminals
        Social control
        Computer hacking
        Automated teller machines
        Protein kinases
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          Europe
          Other Building Equipment Contractors
          All other building equipment contractors
          Computer and peripheral equipment manufacturing
          Computer Terminal and Other Computer Peripheral Equipment Manufacturing
          Office and store machinery and equipment merchant wholesalers
          Office Equipment Merchant Wholesalers
          Other financial transactions processing and clearing house activities
          Police Protection
          Other Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities
          Computer hacking
          Automated teller machines
          Protein kinases
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        ATM
        cybercrime
        hacking
        jackpotting
        law enforcement collaboration
        organized crime
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      ab: An increasing number of cybercrimes has presented new global challenges to law enforcement agencies that traditionally operate within designated geographical jurisdictions and patrol territories. The borderless nature of cyberspace has brought substantial opportunities-both legal and illegal-to its users, and many local law enforcement agencies have encountered motivated offenders taking advantage of the globally connected Internet and causing damage locally and transnationally. This study examines a high-profile case of European criminals who hacked into a Taiwanese financial institution-First Commercial Bank (FCB)-and programmed its ATMs to "spit out" cash netting the thieves $2.6 million US dollars in 2016 summer. Before the incident of FCB, this European criminal group committed more than a hundred similar ATMs hackings, victimizing dozens of financial institutions across several European countries, and profiting over one billion Euros. FCB is the only case revealing specific details about the modus operandi of ATM hacking thus far, in addition to disclosing reactions from law enforcement. By analyzing qualitative data collected from different branches of law enforcement involved in the investigations, this unique case study underscores the importance of national-local law enforcement collaboration in fighting transnational cybercrime. Empirical implications are particularly valuable in the law enforcement context of "turf jealousies" when defending homeland security.
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