Cybercrime, Digital Forensic Readiness, and Financial Crime Investigation in Nigeria

verfasst von: Robinson Tombari Sibe, Christian Kaunert

Verlag: Springer Nature Switzerland

Buchreihe : Advanced Sciences and Technologies for Security Applications

Enthalten in: Springer Professional "Wirtschaft+Technik" , Springer Professional "Technik" , Springer Professional "Wirtschaft"

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Nigeria has become one of the hotbeds of cybercrime since the liberalization of the telecommunication industry began in 1996. The scale and magnitude have been quite disturbing, not just for Nigeria but also for the international community, given the limitless boundaries of cybercrime. Like any other type of fraud, Internet fraud is primarily driven by financial gains.

This book investigates the extent of the lack of digital forensic resources in Nigeria’s financial crime agencies. It is vital to have a proper resource inventory and capabilities to successfully confront the growing threat of financial crimes. While a few studies have suggested the lack of forensic capabilities in Nigerian cybercrime investigative agencies and the justice system, none have examined this in great detail, particularly in relation to specific skills gaps and resources needed in Nigeria’s financial crime agencies. This book contributes to the growing body of knowledge and clarifies the scope of the lack of digital forensic resources. Understanding the extent of the deficiency and its impact on caseloads could be crucial for developing a roadmap toward building forensic readiness and capability maturity for the agencies. This book presents the deficiencies in forensic readiness and recommends measures to fill this gap.

This book also examines the specifics of the cybercrime caseloads and conviction records in Nigeria, identifying trends and patterns. The book explores other cybercrime complexities in Nigeria, such as common cybercrime taxonomies, prosecution, and conviction dynamics, juxtaposing it with select case studies in other jurisdictions.

Drawing on extensive research, the book offers crucial insights for policymakers, researchers, and the public interested in new trends in cybercrime, digital forensic readiness, Nigerian financial crime agencies, and cybercrime investigations.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Frontmatter

Chapter 1. Background and Introduction

Abstract

This chapter presents the background, contexts, and overview of the cybercrime challenge in Nigeria. The chapter presents foundational information of the rising caseloads of cybercrime in Nigeria. Specific challenges as well as the various reforms by government to tackle this, are also presented in this chapter. This chapter also presented the various institutional reforms, including the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), the Independent Corrupt Practices Commission (ICPC), and others with the mandate to tackle cybercrime in Nigeria. This chapter presents the two theoretical framework that shapes this study—Cohen and Felson’s (Am Sociol Rev 588–608, 1979 [20]) Routine Activity Theory (RAT) and Technology Organisation and Environment framework developed by Tornatzky et al. (Processes of technological innovation. Lexington Books, 1990 [86]). This chapter also presented the conceptual framework for this study, the digital forensic readiness model, first introduced by Tan (Forensic readiness. @ Stake, Cambridge, MA, pp. 1–23, 2001 [84]). Using this conceptual model, the chapter presents a major challenge faced in the fight against cybercrime, which is the lack of forensic resources at the financial crimes agencies in Nigeria. The chapter ends by summarizing this challenge and the need to study the specifics of the lack of forensic readiness of the cybercrime agencies.