Violations of Cybercrime and the Strength of Jurisdiction in Indonesia

Abstract

Cybercrime is a digital crime committed to reaping profits through the Internet as a medium. Any criminal activity that occurs in the digital world or through the internet network is referred to as internet crime. Cybercrime also refers to criminal activity on computers and computer networks. This activity can be done in a certain location or even done between countries. These crimes include credit card forgery, confidence fraud, the dissemination of personal information, pornography, and so on. In ancient times there was no strong law to combat cybercrime. Since there are electronic information laws and transactions, legal jurisdiction of computer crime has been applied. Computer networks are not only installed in one particular local area but can be applied to a worldwide network. It is what makes cybercrime can occur between countries freely. This issue requires universal jurisdiction. A country has the authority to combat crimes that threaten the international community. This jurisdiction is applied without determining where the crime was committed and the citizen who committed the cybercrime. This jurisdiction is created in the absence of an international judicial body specifically to try individual crimes. Cybercrime cannot be totally eradicated. Implementing international jurisdiction at least reduces the number of cybercrimes in the world.