While reports tell us that the cyber crime economy is still going strong, there have been a number of arrests and courtroom wins against the bad guys of online crime in the past few months. To name a few (some of which included lengthy, cross-border investigations):

• A New Zealand teen pleaded guilty to running a million PC botnet
• A U.S.-based bot herder pleaded guilty to installing adware on hundreds of PCs in Europe
• Chinese cyber criminals were handed down eight-year prison sentences for involvement in a malware scheme

Still, are these cases just a drop in the bucket, or is law enforcement around the world creating real headway into making the Internet a safer place? Forbes.com has an interesting article on nabbing the "spam kings." Take a look and decide for yourself.