Exploring Cyber Crime in Bangladesh: Realities and Challenges

Abstract

People are now able to live in a world without borders and without boundaries known as the cyber world because to the development of internet technology and the widespread use of ICT tools in everyday activities. Computers are being used illegally nowadays for things like espionage via email, credit card fraud, spam, software piracy, and other things that breach our privacy and are offensive to the senses. The main goals of this thesis are to understand the fundamentals of cybercrime and the causes of it, to analyze the various sections of the ICT Act, 2006 that deal with computer and computer-related crimes, to determine whether the police's authority to make arrests without a warrant is reasonable under this Act, and other related goals.The ICT Act of 2006 does not clearly define or describe cyber offenses, police can unlawfully detain people without a warrant, there are only eight cyber tribunals established, so they are unable to adequately serve the needs of the victims, the police are not properly trained, and there is no digital forensic laboratory, among other issues that have been brought to light by this thesis.The ICT Act's provisions relating to section 57 should be changed, and the government should create a separate ministry for this purpose. Additionally, a well-trained cyber police force is necessary to catch cybercriminals, as are sufficient cyber tribunals and one cyber appellate tribunal. The police power of arrest should also be eliminated by amending the ICT Act, and minor and major offences should be identified.