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This 8 page paper discusses the the increase in crime in the areas of telecommunications theft, car theft and small arms trafficking in Australia. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
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of organized crimes. Telecommunications theft is rampant, while the trafficking in small arms has become increasingly prevalent. On top of these high crimes is the added problem of motor vehicle
theft, making Australia one of the highest ranking auto theft countries in the world. Stealing of telecommunications services With the increase of technology came the increase of criminal
activity in the telecommunications in Australia. To make matters worse, the criminals became not only savvy but also intelligent. The Australian Institute of Criminology is the group set to investigate
such crimes and to report on the statistics and trends as they become apparent. What was found over the last decade is that the telecommunications market is worth approximately three
and a half billion dollars a year, which represents a sizeable temptation for any thief with the know-how(ALRC 2004). To date the statistics are sketchy but based on US
comparisons the ALRC predicts that nearly a million dollars a day is stolen by telecommunications thieves and fraud(ALRC 2004). "In Australia, one international telephone fraud operation cost the Commonwealth
$400 000, while another resulted in a company losing $50 000 in unauthorised ISD call charges. Types of crimes range from theft of mobile phones and false subscriptions to complicated
computer fraud"(AlRC 2004). As far as this problem is concerned both legislators and crime officials have several options. First, they
can create new laws to fit the particular crimes being committed, but the drawback is that with each new crime a new law would have to be passed. This does
not seem very efficient. A plethora of laws are already in existence and it does not seem particularly efficient to continue to create more. Instead, there may be another answer.
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