Causal chain · Criminology · Gender Studies
Digitization → opportunity structures → cybercrime
- Digitization
- opportunity structures
- cybercrime
Core logic: Routine Activity Theory: suitable targets + motivated offenders + inadequate guardianship.
Evidence in this chain
FIA Cyber Crime Wing received 73,131 complaints, opened 29,105 enquiries and registered 1,604 cases in 2024. (2024)FIAFinancial fraud generated 35,945 complaints in 2024, largest FIA cybercrime category. (2024)FIA10,170 complaints concerned dignity of a natural person/minor. (2024)FIA7,393 blackmail complaints recorded. (2024)FIA6,750 harassment complaints recorded. (2024)FIA1,400 identity-theft complaints recorded. (2024)FIAFIA reported 15 Cyber Crime Wing field circles in 2024 structure. (2024)FIA