Os delitos informáticos na internet

Abstract

This monography makes a study of the main types of cybernetic crimes, as well as how they are punished in Brazil. The greatest problem in creating or adequating our legislation to treat cybernetic crimes will be shown and discussed. This work looks to analyze the denomination that will be adopted to study main object of this work. The myth that these internet crimes don´t leave vestiges and the agents can´t be identified will be discussed. One of the main characteristics of the Internet, the transnacionalization, can be the greatest problem faced by law operators of the entire world to punish people that commit cybernetic crimes since cybernetic crimes can affect several countries. It´s necessary studies how to punish them. For that, it´s taken in consideration the country of origin of the crime or the physical residence of the author or where it was produced the action of the criminal. Normally computer crimes are characterized by proper and improper. It is evident tha the Brazilian penal code can not accompany in its totality the crimes committed on the Internet or through it since the code was established in 1940. International treaty or agreements may be a good solution to regulate and punish cybernetic crimes that affect several national jurisdictions.