• International Agencies and Law
• Nigeria passed a law on June 4, 2015, called the Nigeria Cybercrime …show more content…
The first step for any victims is to notify your local law enforcement agency to let them know what has happened and they will help determine what other agencies need to be notified. The victim or any third party can report the crime online to the Internet Complaint Center 3. The Internet Complaint Center will take all the information about the crime for the FBI. The FBI will conduct the investigation and contact other agencies, such as The Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section, as needed for additional assistance. The Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section works with international agencies to detect computer crimes. The Domestic Security Alliance Council, along with The Department of Homeland Security, can only function in The United States to get the word out to other citizens and businesses about cyber crimes to help stop them from becoming victims. The local law enforcement agency is limited by only being able to take a report and forward the information to the proper agency. The Internet Complaint Center 3 is limited to only receiving a report of the offense and storing the information to be retrieved by the FBI. The FBI is limited in jurisdiction within the United States, and then is dependent on the agencies within Nigeria (FBI, 2014). LEA is made up from the local law enforcement agencies in Nigeria. They work with The FBI to help capture cyber crime criminals within Nigeria. Because the crimes were done to companies and citizens of The United States, Nigeria will arrest and detain criminals and allow them to be extradited to The U.S. (Nigeria Government, 2015).
• Any Nigerian who is arrested will be extradited back to The United States where they will be charged with the crime of purchase order fraud, prosecuted, and punished all according