A legal researcher specialising in digital forensic law at Rhodes University, Lunda Wright, has an interesting post on cyber-crime trends. He lists the trends (slightly modified) as:

• An increased rate of prosecutions of cyber criminals.
  
• An increased clamping down on cyber-piracy related to film and music works.
  
• Novel lawsuits and strategies for litigation.
  
• Greater dependence on the skills of computer forensic experts in both corporations and government.
  
• An increased inter-government co-operative efforts.