Cybercrimes in Brazil:
an analysis of Operation Darkroom
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https://doi.org/10.69881/85911j36Keywords:
cybercriminology, digital law, deviant online behaviorAbstract
Upon the growing number of new internet users every year, the globalized society is increasingly connecting through technology; online problems continue into the physical world and physical problems move into the online world, fulfilling the will of criminals who have a larger network to attract their victims. Thus, as the wave of cybercrime is suppressed by police forces in recent decades, this study seeks to examine the relationship between virtual spaces, their structure and interpretation, from the perspective of crime, in order to suggest the dimensions of the development of the crime on the web and provide a base for the resolution of future cases. A descriptive research methodology is used on “Operation Darkroom” – also popularly called the “Discord Case”, which refers to a series of sexual violence crimes committed on the platform – in a case study with analysis, in order to ascertain the modus operandi of the crimes, the difference of online and offline persona, the hunting method and the sadism. The article also carries out an analysis of cybercrime and the national position on the subject, so that it can make the dimension of the problem understandable.
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