Politics · Italy · 7 hrs ago
Nordio says criminal law must catch up with technology-related crimes
Italy’s Justice Minister Carlo Nordio says technology is creating new kinds of crime.
He named identity theft, online fraud targeting older people and fake news made with artificial intelligence.
He said these offences do not yet have specific criminal-law protection.
Nordio spoke at an event in Ancona, where he said the law is forced to catch up with reality.
He also said technology can make some crimes disappear when they are no longer profitable.
He described legal protection for new technology-related crimes as a future problem.
He did not announce a plan or timetable for changing the law.
Justice Minister Carlo Nordio said criminal law lacks protection for some technology-related crimes, including identity theft, online fraud targeting older people and AI-generated fake news.
He said the law is forced to catch up with reality and that these issues will be among the major problems of the future.
Nordio made the remarks at a talk in Ancona during the La casa di Liberilibri festival.
He said new technology can create some crimes and make others disappear.
- Who
- Italian Justice Minister Carlo Nordio.
- What
- He said criminal law lacks protection for some technology-related crimes and must catch up with technological change.
- When
- November 13, 2026.
- Where
- At the Mole Vanvitelliana in Ancona, Italy.
- Why
- Nordio said technology is creating new crimes and the law is forced to catch up with reality.
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Nordio said he chaired a commission for reform of the criminal code and argued that it needed imagination.
Nordio spoke at the Visioni di libertà talk in Ancona about new technology-related crimes and criminal law.
- Speaker
- Carlo Nordio, Italian justice minister
- Examples of new crimes
- Identity theft, online fraud targeting older people and AI-generated fake news
- Event location
- Mole Vanvitelliana, Ancona
- Festival
- La casa di Liberilibri
- Prior role
- Chaired a commission for reform of the criminal code ten years earlier
What people are saying
There is still no criminal protection, but this will be one of the real problems of tomorrow.
The law is forced to chase reality.
With new technology some crimes are created and others disappear.