The Dutch criminal investigation department has in the past, several foreign systems cracked without the required consent of those countries. This happened, among others, child pornography cases and the Bredolab botnet. The law would fail.
“While we follow-up investigations, the consent should not ask foreign authorities, is a cybercriminal with a single press of the button on the other side of the world”, says Lodewijk van Zwieten, national prosecutor for cybercrime and interception, against the Volkskrant.
At the kinderpornozaak of Robert M., on Monday, appearing before the court, urged the criminal investigation department of foreign systems full of child pornography. Also from the air of the large Bredolab botnet in October 2010, would be the High Tech Crime Team of the computers in the foreign country have cracked, without the required prior permission. This happened among other things with the pc’s of home users. After the onmanteling of the Bredolab-botnet, created discussion, or hacking by the AGENCY not in conflict with the privacy. The POLICE got there Wednesday, the Big Brother award for.
The actions violates the Dutch recherche the sovereignty of other countries, but that is sometimes inevitable, says Van Zwieten. The law shoot, according to him, deficit and internationally would all law enforcement agencies in this area against the same problems.
Wilbert Paulissen, head of the National criminal Investigation department, calls for a wetsaanpassing to online detection more specific. “The legislation should be the speed of these developments can keep track, otherwise we sit there constantly as law enforcement agencies back to hunting,” said Paulissen.