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Europol and cybercrime: Europol’s sharing decryption platform

Ilbiz, Ethem ORCID: 0000-0002-7205-9672 and Kaunert, Christian ORCID: 0000-0002-4493-2235 (2021) Europol and cybercrime: Europol’s sharing decryption platform. Journal of Contemporary European Studies, 30 (2). pp. 270-283. ISSN 1478-2804

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Abstract

This article examines the resource sharing functionality of the decryption platform of Europol. The platform supports European law enforcement agencies (LEAs) that are having difficulties accessing legally obtained encrypted evidence due to the lack of human and technical resources. The article investigates Europol’s resource transmission role with sharing economy variables such as transaction cost and trust-building. The core argument of the article is that Europol’s sharing platform has a strong potential to reduce the transaction cost of outsourcing the decryption services and diminish trust-related problems for national policing agencies by replacing private sector actors. However, for a more sustainable cybercrime investigation strategy, the decryption platform needs a new market-oriented model supported with robust vetting and evidence security mechanisms to encourage more private company participation.

Item Type:Article (Published)
Refereed:Yes
Uncontrolled Keywords:Europol; EC3; encryption; decryption; backdoor; computational power; sharing economy; cybercrime
Subjects:UNSPECIFIED
DCU Faculties and Centres:DCU Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Humanities and Social Science > School of Law and Government
Publisher:Taylor & Francis
Official URL:https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14782804.2021.1995707
Copyright Information:© 2021 The Authors. Open Access (CC-BY-4.0)
Funders:European Commission [Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence, Jean Monnet Chair, Jean Monnet Network of EU Counterterrorism, and Marie Curie IEF].
ID Code:26493
Deposited On:01 Dec 2021 13:47 by Vidatum Academic . Last Modified 15 Sep 2022 12:06

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