Evidence of electronic blackmail at the trial stage

Abstract

As a result of the tremendous development that the world has witnessed in information technology, electronic means, computers, means of communication, software, and information technologies, new crimes have also emerged that rely primarily on this technology, including electronic crimes, especially the crime of electronic blackmail, which has taken into account the harm it poses to individuals or to society as a whole, but criminal legislation has remained It is almost incapable of confronting these crimes due to the lack of legal texts, or the legal texts are insufficient to confront these crimes, or being satisfied with what is already legislated in terms of laws. It can be said that this also applies to the

difficulties faced by the courts to convince them when issuing their rulings against those convicted of committing these criminal acts due to the difficulty of proving by relying on the electronic evidence obtained as a result of the use of electronic devices, means, and advanced software when committing these acts.