From the beginning, the use of cybercops has induced investigation authorities to develop techniques to discover the identity of those who are in breach of the law. The regulators want to use this technology in their supervision of the financial sector. The DNB now has one internet officer, which like the digital detectives is engaged in tracing financial offenders.
This is especially relevant in two areas, that of fiscal policy and bank regulation. The euro zone crisis is simultaneously both a sovereign debt crisis and a crisis of fragile banking systems, both of which reflect, to some extent, institutional weaknesses in the Euro zone.