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Phishing a problémy s jeho trestněprávní kvalifikací v teorii a praxi
Phishing and Problems with its Legal Classification in Theory

Author(s): Jiří Krupička
Subject(s): Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence
Published by: Univerzita Karlova v Praze, Nakladatelství Karolinum
Keywords: phishing; Penal code; criminal law

Summary/Abstract: This paper deals with the criminological and criminal law aspects of phishing, both in theory and practice of decision-making law enforcement agencies and judicial bodies. The contribution addresses the nature of this criminal phenomenon, its forerunners, and the usual modus operandi of the phishing. The second part of this paper consists of a study of concrete judicial case of phishing analyzing the problems with its legal classification, not only from the perspective of the former Czech criminal code, but also in the terms of the new Czech criminal code.

  • Issue Year: 58/2012
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 57-73
  • Page Count: 17
  • Language: Czech