Cybercrime@Octopus is a Council of Europe project based on voluntary contributions aimed at assisting countries worldwide to implement the Budapest Convention on Cybercrime and strengthen data protection and rule of law safeguards


Results are expected in the following areas:

  • To ensure the organisation of the annual Octopus conferences;
  • To co-fund and support the functioning of the Cybercrime Convention Committee with its enlarged membership, functions and number of meetings;
  • To provide advice and other assistance to countries which are prepared to implement the Budapest Convention and related instruments on data protection and the protection of children.
     

Duration of the project: 1 January 2014 – 31 December 2020.

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Back Cybercrime@Octopus : Mauritania - Review of cybercrime legislation

[Nouakchott, 9 March 2015] Moctar Malal Dia, the Minister responsible for information technologies, this morning opened a workshop to review the draft law on cybercrime of Mauritania in view of the requirements of the Budapest Convention. The workshop is held under the project Cybercrime@Octopus and jointly organised by the Government of Mauritania and the Council of Europe.

T-CY Secretariat 


Alexander SEGER
Executive Secretary

Jan KRALIK
Programme Manager

Océane TIMONER

Programme Assistant


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