Eurojust – Council of Europe workshop sparks thriving discussions on spontaneous information sharing
Eurojust and the Cybercrime Programme Office of the Council of Europe (C-PROC) brought together more than 70 participants from some 40 countries to discuss key aspects related to the spontaneous sharing of information obtained in criminal investigations. The relevance of spontaneous information...
Tender Call for Local Consultancy Services in the field of cybercrime, electronic evidence and related issues
The CyberUA project, implemented jointly by the Cybercrime Programme Office of the Council of Europe (C-PROC) and by the Council of Europe Office in Kyiv, aims to improve the handling of electronic evidence for use in criminal proceedings related to war crimes and gross human rights violations in...
CyberSouth+ and the South Programme V
The CyberSouth+ joint project of the European Union and Council of Europe contributed to the 3rd Steering Committee meeting of the South Programme V “Protecting human rights, the rule of law and democracy through shared standards in the Southern Mediterranean”. Results of co-operation on...
CyberSouth+: Regional training exercise on live data forensics and cryptocurrency for law enforcement agencies
The joint European Union and Council of Europe project CyberSouth+ organised together with all its partners – Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Palestine[1] and Tunisia a regional training exercise on live data forensics and cryptocurrency for law enforcement agencies, between...
INJT’s 5th P2P webinar: criminal justice professionals discuss international cooperation in emergency situations
On 16 September, the Cybercrime Programme Office of the Council of Europe (C-PROC) organised the 5th practitioner-to practitioner (P2P) webinar of the International Network of National Judicial Trainers (INJT), reuniting online about 70 criminal justice professionals worldwide. The participants...
Underground Economy Conference 2024
From 2 to 5 September 2024, the Council of Europe, alongside Team Cymru, co-organised for the fourth time the Underground Economy Conference at the Council of Europe premises, Palais de l’Europe, in Strasbourg, France. This year’s event gathered around 500 experts representing law enforcement...
GLACY-e, CyberSouth+ and Octopus Project: Call for tenders for event organisation services in Nairobi (12 to 14 November 2024)
The Joint Project of the European Union and the Council of Europe the Global Action on Cybercrime Enhanced Project (GLACY-e) project, the CyberSouth+ Project on cooperation on cybercrime in the Southern Neighbourhood region and the Octopus Project are launching a Call for Tenders 2024/AO/59 -...
CyberSouth+: Training of trainers on cybercrime and electronic evidence for magistrates
The Ministry of Justice of Tunisia, in co-operation with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and with the support of the CyberSouth+ project, organised a training-of-trainers course for magistrates, in Tunis, from 11 to 13 June 2024. Tunisia has already incorporated elements of cybercrime and...
CyberSouth+: National guide on cybercrime and electronic evidence
The joint EU/CoE CyberSouth+ project paid an official visit to Algeria to discuss the development of a judicial national guide on cybercrime and electronic evidence and the support to the personal data protection regime, recently introduced by the country. Following up on previous activities...
CyberSouth+ Basic judicial training course on cybercrime and electronic evidence for magistrates
The CyberSouth+ project assisted the High Institutes for Magistrates of Morocco in organising a basic judicial training course on cybercrime and electronic evidence in Tangier, from 6 to 8 June 2024, enabling forty in service magistrates to acquire new skills and knowledge to fulfil their roles...
CyberSouth+ Workshop on Standard Operating Procedures with Lebanon
The CyberSouth+ project organized a two-day workshop, on-line, with representatives from the Lebanese Internal Security Force (ISF) and judiciary on Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) in cybercrime cases and electronic evidence. The aim of the event was to discuss with Lebanese stakeholders the...
INJT: Fourth practitioner to practitioner webinar tackles OCSEA case scenario
On 28 May, the GLACY-e project organised jointly with the other capacity building projects implemented by the Cybercrime Programme Office of the Council of Europe (C-PROC), a new practitioner-to practitioner (P2P) webinar, in the framework of the International Network of National Judicial...
CyberSouth+ Workshop on the First Additional Protocol to the Convention on Cybercrime and the amendments to the criminal code of Morocco
The CyberSouth+ project supportedthe Ministry of Justice of Morocco in organising a workshop on the criminalization of acts of a racist and xenophobic nature committed through computer systems and the proposed amendments to the criminal code of Morocco In line with the First Additional Protocol...
CyberSouth+ Training course on dark web and cryptocurrency for Moroccan law enforcement agencies
The CyberSouth+ project supported the School of the Gendarmerie Royale of Morocco, in delivering of a specialised training course on dark web and cryptocurrency for officials of the Police (DGSN), General Directorate for Territorial Surveillance (DGST), Prosecution Office and Gendarmerie. The...
CyberSouth+ Training of Trainers on Cybercrime and E-evidence for Magistrates in Algeria
The CyberSouth+ project, a joint action of the European Union and of the Council of Europe, organised a training of trainers course for magistrates, in Kolea, Algeria, during 13-16 May 2024. The Algerian High School for Magistrates has already adopted basic and advanced cybercrime training...
CyberSouth+ Contribution to the Multidisciplinary Conference on cybercrime and artificial intelligence challenges
Moroccan Centre for Polytechnic Research and Innovation (CMRPI), together with the National School of Applied Sciences, Ibn Tofail University – Kénitra (ENSAK) and the Council of Europe organised a conference on the challenges posed by the artificial intelligence in the context of cybercrime....
CyberSouth+ contribution to the EU Cybersecurity Strategy for the Digital Decade course by the European Security and Defence College
On 10 May 2024, the joint European Union - Council of Europe CyberSouth+ project contributed to the session on Advancing a global and open Cyberspace of the course “The EU’s Cybersecurity Strategy for the Digital Decade” by presenting on Council of Europe’s cybercrime capacity building...
CyberSouth+ Meeting with Jordanian stakeholders to discuss on the cybercrime legislation and future co-operation under the new project phase
Following the official launch of the CyberSouth+ project, the Cybercrime Programme Office of the Council of Europe had meetings with representatives of the Jordanian Ministry of Justice, Judicial Council, Judicial Institute, Financial intelligence Unit, Cybercrime Unit, Jordanian Armed Forces and...
CyberSouth+ project starts its activities with 8 partners from the MENA region
On 17 and 18 April 2024, in Lisbon the Cybercrime Programme Office launched the joint European Union - Council of Europe CyberSouth+ project with the support of the North-South Centre of the Council of Europe Representatives from Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon Morocco, Palestine* and Tunisia, as...
C-PROC activity report for 2023
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,...