ABSTRACT
For Poland, the last 30 years have been a time of profound change brought about by regaining the ability to freely decide its own fate due to the collapse of the Soviet-led Eastern Bloc created as a result of World War II. During this period, Poland went from being an undemocratic, economically backward country to becoming one of the strongest economy in the world. It joined the European Union, which gave it economic stability, and NATO, which gave it military security. The last three decades have also seen social change due to technological developments unprecedented in earlier periods. Mankind at different stages of its development has already experienced periods of change associated with new inventions (such as during the so-called “Great Industrial Revolution” in the 18th century), but never in such a short period of time has there been so great a change in the lifestyle of societies resulting from advances in new technologies. In concluding this book – we expressed the opinion that crime as a phenomenon occurring in societies of universal mobility is likely to shift to cyberspace. At the moment, in view of the unprecedented scale and brutality of the scope of hostilities undertaken by the Russia and the response of mainly European countries and the United States, related to the blocking of the aggressor state’s ability to dispose of funds, this thesis indicates that we will have to deal with actions against the perpetrators of classic crimes.
