On certain peculiarities of economic cybercrime at the present stage of digital technologies development
Digitalization fosters the development of economy, prompting national economies of technologically advanced countries to a new level of performance. Apart from the evident benefits it brings, there is also a downside: economic-related crime evolves, becomes highly sophisticated, and operates on a bigger scale. Crimes in the sphere of economic activity are capable of harming not only the victim-entities, but critically important infrastructure of the whole state. The motivation of economic cybercriminals might, however, be very specific, as it is moulded in cyberspace, where national cultures and different ideologies are alloyed like in a crucible. Consequentially, new difficulties with qualifying economic-related cybercrimes and resolving criminal law norms’ competition arise. Immersion into cyberspace frequently causes the distortion of legal consciousness of the youth, who lack the sense of justice to the sufficient extent. This leads to a disturbingly high level of juvenile cybercrime in the sphere of economic activities. The author recommends conducting awareness-rising educational events for the young citizens at a younger age. Enlightening measures aimed at increasing digital literacy of the population of Russia in terms of using cross-cutting technologies are seen as a possible way to decrease their victimization, which is currently one the major determinants of economic-related cybercrime in general.