A senior prosecutor in Dubai has advocated for separate court for cybercrime matters stating that some of the judges do not have adequate knowledge on hacking and digital investigation.
The current format of the judicial system does not help deter or prevent crime; this was stated by Dr Khalid Ali Al Junaibi, the First Chief Prosecutor at Dubai Prosecution, at a symposium on Thursday adding that the current judicial system has serious difficulties in coping with complex situations, especially cybercrime.
In his opinion, it can be quite a problematic intersection as the judges may not grasp specific aspects of penetration or digital evidence and Several of the security systems still need to be constructed to accommodate the objectives of the authorities; hence, a specialized court must be formed.
He suggested that there should be new courts to handle these cases with judges who are conversant with cyber security and computer forensics. These courts would be well placed to accommodate to the increasing caseloads of cybercriminal activities such as cyber fraud, identity theft among others.
Such cases should have judges who specialize in it and there should be prosecution offices that deal with digital and electronic crime only, Al Junaibi added, “This will enable us establish better ways of conducting research, prosecution, and even trial of cybercrime for the emirate of Dubai.”
This the prosecutor shared at a symposium that was held under the theme ‘Future Crimes and the Role of Cybersecurity in the Fourth Industrial Revolution’ and held in the presence of, Deputy Chief of Police and Public Security in Dubai, Lt Gen Dahi Khalfan Tamim.
The symposium also covered artificial intelligence crimes and robotics, deep fakes and how to deal with it, analyzing big data.
While technology integration in every aspect of life enhances the society’s benefited experiences, the perpetrators of cybercrimes stand to gain more as well.
Thus, Lieutenant General Dahi Khalfan Tamim, the Deputy Chief of Police and Public Security in Dubai, called attention to the fact of cooperation between all the sectors and government institutions, as well as private and academic environment with the aim to improve the situation with cybersecurity and create new solutions.
“The measures have to be taken in order not to allow the individuals harm the society by using modern technologies in committing other criminal offenses prohibited by law through the use of the World Wide Web, with the assistance of all the sectors and institutions of the government of the mentioned state,” Tamim said.
Spokespersons at the seminar have also asked for the creation of dedicated teams for the compilation of data on security concerns and the generation of awareness materials on cybercriminal activities.
They also outlined a plan for a quantum computing and developing legislation (QTUL) national strategy and for legislation which would progress in tangent with technicalities within Artificial Intelligence as well as with remote technologies.
Dr Saeed Al Dhaheri, the director of the centre for future studies, University of Dubai agreed with the previous statements and added that artificial intelligence is good and bad when it comes to cybersecurity. He said that while governments are using it to enhance and ascend the security, it is equally used by those who practice hacking of electronic systems.
He went on to add that this must be done in a proactive and more preventive looking to the future crimes.
