Chapter 3
Cybercrimes Against Persons
3.1 Understanding the context
In general, cybercrimes against persons can be divided into the categories
of defamation, dissemination of offensive material, harassment, incitement to
commit crimes, swindling, fraud and abuse of all kinds (Figure 3.1).
3.2 Affecting people’s dignity and integrity
Among the most common, even if not systematically recognised problems,
are those behaviours that damage private lives, personal dignity, and integrity,
such as pedophilia, human trafcking, slavery, online intimidation, harass-
ment, or excessive surveillance. The use of dematerialized communication
services potentially exposes Internet users to all kind of fake friendships or
illusions and also to the possibility ...