Computer Fraud as a Part of Contemporary Security Challenges

Bjelajac Željko (Faculty of Law for Business and Justice in Novi Sad), zdjbjelajac@gmail.com
Matijašević Jelena (Faculty of Law for Business and Justice in Novi Sad), jelena@pravni-fakultet.info
Dimitrijević Duško (Institute of International Politics and Economics, Belgrade), dimitrijevicd@diplomacy.bg.ac.rs

In the present conditions of life, there is no area of human activity in which computers have found their application. Computer frauds are, by nature, certainly the nearest commercial crime, and make it illegal to obtain economic benefits. Computer fraud in the Criminal Code of the Republic of Serbia is prescribed as an individual criminal act and is covered by Article 301 Criminal Code. Surveys based on the data of the Special Prosecutor for cyber crime established in the Higher Public Prosecutor’s Office in Belgrade, and the period in 2008, 2009 and 2010, it was found that the offense of computer fraud in the present practice of the judicial authorities of the Republic of Serbia. Based on the analysis of the number of criminal charges by year, there is an evident increase in detection of computer fraud offenses compared to other crimes in the area of cyber crime.

Keywords: computer fraud, cyber crime, economic development, budget policy