Future Developments and Challenges in Criminalistics as Part of Criminal Justice

Abstract

Cryptocurrencies are designed as a secure form of financial transaction via the Internet. However, the development of information and communication technology has created new space for their misuse in criminal purposes, especially in the area of money laundering and terrorist financing. Bearing in mind the complexity in conducting financial transactions via the Internet, the paper in the first part deals with most important legal challenges regarding the misuse of cryptocurrencies through money laundering and terrorist financing. Furthermore, in the second part of the paper, the most relevant crime detection methods are considered. Finally, the practical challenges at the level of the protection of financial This study analysis the futuring theoretical and practical development possibilities of criminalistics - as universal factscience. It tries to sign the further tendencies of forensic sciences in the XXI. century as well. The author composes scientific fields where can be and need to real, intentional strengthening of recent criminalistical methods and writes about his future guessing, suggestions and challanges of criminalistics.