C-PROC activity report for 2023

5 April 2024 Strasbourg

Today, Secretary General Marija Pejčinović Burić shared her report on the activities in 2023 of the Cybercrime Programme Office (C-PROC) of the Council of Europe with the Committee of Ministers. This report confirms once again the global scope and impact of capacity building by C-PROC: "In 2023,...

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C-PROC: Over 500 professionals from around 130 countries attend the Octopus Conference 2023

13-15 December 2023 Bucharest, Romania

On 13-15 December 2023 the Cybercrime Programme Office of the Council of Europe organised its flagship event, the Octopus Conference, which brought together over 500 professionals from around 130 countries. In their opening remarks, Alexander Seger, Head of the Cybercrime Division of the...

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CyberEast: Closing Conference of the Project

14 December 2023 Bucharest, Romania

After four and a half years of implementation, marked by more than 250 successful capacity-building and supporting activities ensuring cyber resilience through action on cybercrime and electronic evidence in the Eastern Partnership Region, CyberEast, the joint project of the European Union and of...

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C-PROC: Meeting of the International Network of the National Judicial Trainers on Cybercrime and Electronic Evidence

12 December 2023 Bucharest, Romania

The plenary meeting of the International Network of the National Judicial Trainers (the Network) on Cybercrime and Electronic Evidence was held on 12 December 2023 in Bucharest, Romania, with the participation of the priority countries where the Cybercrime Programme Office of the Council of...

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The global state of cybercrime legislation in December 2023

8 December 2023 Bucharest, Romania

Up-to-date domestic criminal law in line with the Convention on Cybercrime (the Budapest Convention) remains a key element in addressing cybercrime and handling electronic evidence for countries across the globe. An updated cursory overview of the Global State of Cybercrime Legislation prepared...

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C-PROC at 10: Ten years of capacity building by the Cybercrime Programme Office of the Council of Europe

5 December 2023 Bucharest, Romania

In October 2013, the Council of Europe decided to sign a memorandum of understanding with the Government of Romania to establish a Cybercrime Programme Office (C-PROC) in Bucharest responsible for capacity building on cybercrime and electronic evidence. C-PROC became operational in April 2014 and...

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iPROCEEDS-2 and CyberEast: Regional Meeting on the protection of critical information infrastructure during CyberWeek 2023

14-15 November 2023 Chisinau, Republic of Moldova

iPROCEEDS-2 and CyberEast, joint projects of the European Union and of the Council of Europe, supported the participation of some 20 stakeholders from the countries/area of the Eastern Partnership, South-East Europe and Türkiye at the 2023 Regional Cybersecurity Symposium- Ensuring Cyber...

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iPROCEEDS-2 and CyberEast: Regional Cybercrime Co-operation Exercise between CSIRTs and Law Enforcement Officers from the Eastern Partnership, South East Europe and Türkiye

24-27 October 2023 Kakheti, Georgia

The joint projects of the European Union and of the Council of Europe, iPROCEEDS-2 and CyberEast, alongside Leonardo and Cyber 4.0, organised the Regional Cybercrime Co-operation Exercise between CSIRTs and Law Enforcement. The scope of this joint exercise was to address the use of cyber tools...

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GLACY+: The last 2023 P2P workshop of the third series of workshops of the International Network of theNational Judicial Trainers

26 October 2023 online

On 26 October, around 45 practitioners participated in the fourth webinar of the third series of events dedicated to sharing experiences on cybercrime and electronic evidence. The webinar was organised in the framework of the International Network of National Judicial Trainers by the GLACY+...

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The seventh Annual Meeting of the 24/7 Network of Contact Points

20 OCTOBER 2023 THE HAGUE, NETHERLANDS

On 20 October 2023, the Council of Europe organised the seventh Annual Meeting of the 24/7 Points of Contact. The meeting was held at the Europol premises in The Hague, Netherlands. Under Article 35 of the Convention on Cybercrime (Budapest Convention), the 24/7 Network facilitates immediate...

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