Specialized agencies’ measures to combat crimes and other law violations involving high technology in Vietnam

Specialized agencies’ measures to combat crimes and other law violations involving high technology in Vietnam (Internet image)

1. What is a crime involving high technology?

According to Clauses 1 and 2, Article 3 of Decree 25/2014/ND-CP, then:

- Crime involving high technology means a socially dangerous act prescribed in the Penal Code and involving the use of high technology.

- Other law violations involving high technology means illegal acts that involve the use of high technology but are not serious enough for penal liability examination.

2. Agencies specialized in the prevention and combat of crimes involving high technology

Agencies specialized in the prevention and combat of crimes and other law violations involving high technology as prescribed in Clause 3, Article 3 of Decree 25/2014/ND-CP are:

Professional agencies in the People’s Public Security force and the People’s Army that are assigned to advise on, organize, and directly participate in, the performance of the tasks of preventing and combating crimes and other law violations involving high technology (referred to as specialized agencies for short).

3. Denunciations and reports on prevention and combat of crimes and other law violations involving high technology in Vietnam

Denunciations and reports on prevention and combat of crimes and other law violations involving high technology are specified in Article 12 of Decree 25/2014/ND-CP as follows:

- Individuals shall denounce crimes and other law violations involving high technology to public security offices and commune-level People’s Committees or any agencies and organizations.

- When detecting or receiving denunciations and reports on crimes and other law violations involving high technology, agencies and organizations shall process them according to their competence or immediately notify them to investigative or specialized agencies in accordance with law.

4. Specialized agencies’ measures to combat crimes and other law violations involving high technology in Vietnam

Article 14 of Decree 25/2014/ND-CP stipulates specialized agencies’ measures to combat crimes and other law violations involving high technology as follows:

When detecting signs of law violation, specialized agencies may take the following measures:

- Applying professional measures as prescribed by law to collect information and documents and verify crimes and other law violations involving high technology;

- Using professional equipment and techniques to examine, monitor, detect, collect, recover and analyze information, documents and data to serve the prevention and combat of crimes and other law violations involving high technology;

- Requesting individuals, agencies and organizations to provide information, documents, objects and equipment in connection to crimes and other law violations involving high technology;

- Requesting banks and credit institutions to provide information and documents on account transactions and other information and documents to serve the detection, investigation and handling of crimes and other law violations involving high technology in accordance with law;

- Requesting telecommunications enterprises and internet service providers to arrange ground areas, connection portals and necessary technical conditions for specialized agencies to use equipment and technical measures to examine, monitor and collect electronic data;

Requesting telecommunications enterprises, information technology enterprises and information technology-applying enterprises to provide information and documents on subscribers and other information and documents to serve the detection, investigation and handling of crimes and other law violations involving high technology;

- Directly requesting, or coordinating with competent state agencies in, requesting internet service providers and telecommunications enterprises to block and stop access to equipment systems and networks, and use and provision of services;

- Performing other tasks and exercising other powers in accordance with law.

Van Trong

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