Crime in the Cloud: How does cloud computing affect crime and policing?

Crime in the Cloud:  How does cloud computing affect crime and policing?

The mass movement and storage of data in a virtual cloud is having a major impact on law enforcement, criminal justice and investigations.  The decreasing probability that the criminal perpetrator, any associated evidence and the victim of the crime are located within the same jurisdictions is bringing about a sea change in the criminal justice system.  How will police deal with cloud computing issues in a physical world based upon international legal treaties, mutual legal assistance and defined physical boundaries between nations?