ABSTRACT
Because the Internet enables the rapid transmission of data, regardless of both the distance between the source and the destination end-points and their localisations around the globe, cyberspace has extended and modified the temporal and geographical borders to which we have been accustomed. This has upset our habits, imposed new ways of functioning, and created new societal values; at the same time, it has created unprecedented changes in communications and introduced a new digital order. The size of the changes introduced by the urbanization of digital technologies can be termed an “information revolution.” The dematerialization of information, transactions, and services has permitted new forms of organisations and exchanges and innovative forms of activities – both legal and illegal. Criminality, organized or not, has widely adopted ICT in order to improve efficiency, leading to harmful consequences for society.
