Ilbiz, Ethem ORCID: 0000-0002-7205-9672 and Kaunert, Christian ORCID: 0000-0002-4493-2235 (2021) Europol and cybercrime: Europol’s sharing decryption platform. Journal of Contemporary European Studies, 30 (2). pp. 270-283. ISSN 1478-2804
Abstract
This article examines the resource sharing functionality of the decryption platform of Europol. The platform supports European law enforcement agencies (LEAs) that are having difficulties accessing legally obtained encrypted evidence due to the lack of human and technical resources. The article investigates Europol’s resource transmission role with sharing economy variables such as transaction cost and trust-building. The core argument of the article is that Europol’s sharing platform has a strong potential to reduce the transaction cost of outsourcing the decryption services and diminish trust-related problems for national policing agencies by replacing private sector actors. However, for a more sustainable cybercrime investigation strategy, the decryption platform needs a new market-oriented model supported with robust vetting and evidence security mechanisms to encourage more private company participation.
Metadata
Item Type: | Article (Published) |
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Refereed: | Yes |
Uncontrolled Keywords: | Europol; EC3; encryption; decryption; backdoor; computational power; sharing economy; cybercrime |
Subjects: | UNSPECIFIED |
DCU Faculties and Centres: | DCU Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Humanities and Social Science > School of Law and Government |
Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
Official URL: | https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14782804.2021.1995707 |
Copyright Information: | © 2021 The Authors. Open Access (CC-BY-4.0) |
Funders: | European Commission [Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence, Jean Monnet Chair, Jean Monnet Network of EU Counterterrorism, and Marie Curie IEF]. |
ID Code: | 26493 |
Deposited On: | 01 Dec 2021 13:47 by Vidatum Academic . Last Modified 15 Sep 2022 12:06 |
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