Document Type : Original Article
Authors
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Assistant Professor, Department of Criminal law and Criminology, Faculty of Law and Political ScienceS, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.
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MA. in criminal law and criminology, Faculty of Law and political Sciences, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.
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MA student . in criminal law and criminology, Faculty of Law and political Sciences, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.
Abstract
With the advancement of science and civilization, we are witnessing the expansion of technologies in all branches of science. One of the emerging technologies in information and communication sciences is metaverse technology, which is rapidly expanding and becoming widespread due to the capacities and facilities it provides to its users. Since this technology is still growing and has not reached the stage of development, it has faced challenges such as deficiencies in regulations, technical security, and privacy, which have led to the emergence of some crimes in this context. The question that comes to mind is what connection this technology has with financial crimes and what effect does it have on the amount of financial crimes? Due to the wide range of facilities that metaverse provides to its users in different fields, research has been conducted on this technology in various fields such as psychology, management, and medicine, but this technology has not been addressed as it should in the field of law in our country. Therefore, the following research uses a descriptive-analytical method to examine the relationship between metaverse technology and the rate of financial crimes. The results show that metaverse technology, which is a developing technology, can provide conditions that increase the commission of financial crimes such as fraud, theft, money laundering, or even terrorism financing by its users, or make them victims of these crimes.
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