Legislation aimed at strengthening New Zealand’s fight against cybercrime passed its first reading in Parliament today, Justice Minister Paul Goldsmith announced.
The new bill, designed to align the country’s laws with the Budapest Convention on Cybercrime, is set to provide law enforcement with the necessary tools to better detect, investigate, and prosecute online criminal activity.
The Budapest Convention is the only binding international treaty on cybercrime, facilitating cooperation among member countries on criminal investigations.
Goldsmith said that in 2023, 11% of New Zealanders were victims of cybercrime and fraud, which caused significant financial and emotional harm. By joining the convention, New Zealand signals its commitment to tackling cybercrime and enhancing international collaboration.
Key provisions in the bill include new “preservation directions” under the Search and Surveillance Act, allowing law enforcement to preserve potential evidence. Additionally, amendments to the Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Act will enhance New Zealand’s ability to cooperate with foreign countries in criminal investigations, while minor changes to the Crimes Act ensure that offences related to cybercrime are comprehensive and aligned with the Convention’s requirements.
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“Online criminal activity” will be the fastest moving goalpost in record human history.
Also, shouldn’t “BINDING international treaties” be something us commoners get a vote on, or am I just showing my antiquated notions again? 😏
Yes, cyber crime will be whatever the government says it is – misinformation, disinformation, hate speech – anything which contradicts the official government dictated ‘only source’ of truth. In other words, total censorship of the internet.
Hmm. Sounds a bit 4th Reich/WEF.
The Budapest Convention is more than a legal document; it is a framework that permits hundreds of “practitioners” from Parties to share experience and create relationships that facilitate cooperation!
One big worldwide corporate crime syndicate, and all states are in it.
I’m sure that “this time it’s different”, after all, our own corporate states “agreements” with other globalist corporate entities have worked out so well for “we the people”, like the UN, WEF, WHO, IMF, BIS, Paris climate accord etc, etc.
When you break it all down you can see that the playbook they (the Corporate Agenda) are following is the five principles for a communist takeover of a free society; 1) education 2) media 3) Law 4) Religion 5) Family.
5-Eyes then becomes 83 Eyes…and you can bet that speech will be monitored and, if suddenly found to be ‘anti-semitic’, ‘hurtful’, anti-LGBTXYZ, then they’ll attempt to extradite you just like the U.K. is attempting to do to those living outside of the U.K.
Let’s not forget the good ol’ U.S. of A., trying to extradite KDC over a civil (NOT criminal) matter with regards to Mega-Upload.
Also, see how ‘Project 2025’ and ‘Agenda 30’ all tie into this crap, and the politicians (past & present) involved in it all!
The Zio-Globalist modus operandi is plainly evident now as it’s being played out via criminal and genocidal Israel, controlling the narratives on the current Middle East crisis, monitored by Israeli Unit 8200 and further enforced by the Mossad Operatives who own the MSM in most Western Nations.
More surveillance in other words…..Fascism 2.0……
Please read: https://mileswmathis.com/bog.pdf
This explains why legislators cannot get up to date information.
Scientific research bundled into corners and forgotten about.
Surprised they actually have heard of wifi in parliament at this rate.
Publishers, MSM and Blackrock or Simon & Schuster etc.
In Dune world all scientists have been killed because of the fuck ups. (except Liet Kynes who was allowed to live long enough to tell the story)