Contemporary crime trends in the digital environment

One of the most important tasks of criminological science and practice is a comprehensive analysis of modern trends in digital crime and their classification. At the same time, the general trend, which is reflected in more specific trends, is the use in the digital environment (or through the use of digital technologies) of specific techniques and methods that open up new opportunities in criminal activity. In fact, it is about the active use by criminals of digital technologies, electronic computing technologies, telecommunications. The article emphasizes that the steadily progressing level of cyberfraud, computer blackmail and terrorist threats requires the development and implementation of measures aimed at effectively countering the development of the trends analyzed by the authors in both general criminal and terrorist digital crime. First of all, the need to strengthen the state control over the use of the digital environment and means of communication is obvious, in particular, the further modernization of this control.