Cybercrime has become a key focus of criminal law, driven by digitalization and the rise of online financial markets and cryptocurrencies. Criminals use ever more sophisticated methods, particularly in cybertrading and organized investment fraud, posing major challenges for investigators. In Germany, the Bavarian Cybercrime Center (ZCB) in Bamberg coordinates many of these complex cases.
In the last few months Ebay has unmistakably requested its commercial traders to prove that the sales and income generated through online trading have been declared to the tax office.