Cybercrime continues to grow despite ongoing remediation efforts at the state and international level. The ease of access to commit cybercriminal activity beyond one’s borders makes this an international issue. Examining the cooperative schemes utilized in intergovernmental institutions such as the European Union (EU) Agency for Law Enforcement and Cooperation (Europol) illuminates possible conditions that encourage states to cooperate to fight cybercrime. Testing these conditions shows that the preexistence of an institution in a related issue area serves as the strongest driver of cooperation within an international institution against cybercrime.
United by Necessity: Conditions for Institutional Cooperation against Cybercrime