On Criminal Investigation And Prevention Of Internet Gambling

Net gambling is the conduct of bet or purchase lottery, using orpartly using the network. According to the laws and the perceptionof society, look from the foundation of gambling, net gambling hasthe elements such as gamblers, gambling plat form and gambling money.Through virtual network net gambling bring a lot of difficulties tothe judiciary. We should forbid net gambling, which is the need ofharmonious society. Crack down net gambling should concentrate onjustice legality and efficiency, and differentiate innocents fromculprits, first offenders from gamblers. Furthermore we shoulddiscern different net conduct, guide healthy development of networkindustry, need to treat both the incidental and fundamental aspectssimultaneously, to govern synthetically, attach importance topunishment and prevention.According to all above condition, this article would discuss thefollowing questions:Firstly, the article puts forward the general introduction of netgambling. The section introduces the origin and development ofnetwork and net gambling, furthermore, define the definition of netgambling and the subsequent criminal elements. Then discuss theaffirmation of the crime, including the problems concern guilty orinnocent, gambling or robbery, gambling or corruption and bribery.At last, the section concludes the categories and characters of netgambling.Secondly, the article discusses the investigation of net gambling.In the world, according to different states have different attitude;the section concludes the illegality of net gambling. Initiation ofinvestigation has two categories: automatic initiation andcompelling initiation, we should choose the latter, but it shouldhave exception. The specific countermeasures are collecting leadsfrom citizens' reports or the public security organs' conduct. Then the public security organs should find out the truth of the case,arrest the suspects and obtain the evidence. When the investigationswere concluded, the organs should remove it to procuratorate forexamination, or quash the case, in accordance with the followingelements: the facts, evidence and legality, at the last of the section,specific investigation countermeasures for different kinds of netgambling are discussed.Thirdly, the article introduces the prevention countermeasures ofnet gambling. The section introduces the theories of prevention,discusses the theory of "criminal law is useless" and the influencebetween society and people, and concludes the necessity andpossibility of prevention. The general countermeasures areincreasing the crime costs and decreasing the crime gains, andassigning the responsibility and duty among relevant objectsappropriately. The net gambling needs three conditions includesgamblers, gambling network and gambling money, in other words itneeds two important elements such as information and money, so thisis the crucial foundation of specific countermeasures of prevention.