Empowering Experts: C-PROC Launches the First Cyber-Skills Sharing Programme!
Exciting news for the cybercrime experts: the Cybercrime Programme Office (C-PROC), through the CyberSEE joint project of the European Union and the Council of Europe, is launching the first edition of the Cyber-Skills Sharing Programme! This initiative aims to enhance global collaboration and...
GLACY-e: 2nd Steering Committee plans ahead first semester of 2025
On 15 January 2025, the GLACY-e project held its second Steering Committee. The event was held online and gathered national coordinators from 25 countries as well as representatives of The European Commission, INTERPOL and The Council of Europe. The meeting was organised in two similar slots...
Rwanda becomes the 78th Party to the Convention on Cybercrime and accedes to the First Protocol
On 10 January 2025, Rwanda deposited the instrument of accession to the Convention on Cybercrime (ETS 185), as well as its Additional Protocol to the Convention on cybercrime, concerning the criminalisation of acts of a racist and xenophobic nature committed through computer systems (ETS 189)....
GLACY-e & INTERPOL: Completion of the 5th edition of Electronic Evidence Instructors' Workshop for english-speaking African countries
INTERPOL, in the framework of the GLACY-e project and jointly with the Octopus Project of the Council of Europe, concluded its fifth edition of the Electronic Evidence National Trainers Workshop (eFR-ToT) in Kigali, Rwanda, from 1 to 11 December 2024. The workshop was attended by twenty-one...
INJT: The Secretariat sets the action plan for 2025
On 29 November 2024, around 50 members from 12 participating countries in the International Network of National Judicial Trainers (INJT) took part in the annual plenary meeting, which was facilitated by the Secretariat of the Network. The members reviewed the activities carried out in 2024, among...
GLACY-e supported the participation in the SCAN 2024 digital asset tracing challenge
Team BlockBustersBR from the Brazilian Federal Police, supported by INTERPOL in the framework of the GLACY-e project, a joint initiative of the European Union and the Council of Europe, finished on the 12th place in the SCAN2024 Capture-the-Flag (CTF) final stage in Seoul, Korea, on 22 November....
GLACY-e: First pool of national trainers set up in Colombia
Between 20-21 November 2024, judges, magistrates, prosecutors, police and COLCERT (Colombian Cyber Emergency Response Group) representatives officially concluded the third phase of the Training of Trainers Programme supported by the GLACY-e project, a joint initiative of the European Union –...
1st meeting of hub countries of the GLACY-e project
On 13 November, the first meeting of hub countries under the GLACY-e, a joint project of the European Union and the Council of Europe took place online, gathering representatives from INTERPOL and the following countries: Chile, Dominican Republic, Ghana, Mauritius, Philippines, and Sri Lanka....
Pacific Islands prosecution services join forces to fight cybercrime
A regional prosecution training on cybercrime and electronic evidence is being held from 5 to 7 November in Sigatoka (Fiji). The event brings together 30 participants from the Pacific Island’s prosecution services jurisdictions to share expertise and resources at regional level in order to...
Pacific region judiciaries address training needs on cybercrime and electronic evidence
A regional judicial training on cybercrime and electronic evidence is being held from 5 to 7 November in Sigatoka (Fiji). The event brings together 12 Chief Justices and High Court Justices from the Pacific region to improve co-operation in the fight against cybercriminal activities resulting...
GLACY-e: Ecuador advances on establishing the 24/7 Point of Contact
Pursuing to share knowledge and experiences on the organisation and functioning of the 24/7 Point of Contact (POC) under the Convention on Cybercrime (Budapest Convention), four delegates representing Ecuadorian authorities (Prosecutor Office and National Police) met their counterparts in Santo...
INJT 6th P2P webinar: spotlight on impact and challenges of financial investigations
The 6th practitioner-to practitioner (P2P) webinar of the International Network of National Judicial Trainers (INJT) took place on 31 October 2024, and brought together around 25 criminal justice professionals from various countries, who had the chance to discover the experience of the Financial...
Call for tenders 2024/AO/80 published: Event organisation services and related services in 37 countries
The Call for Tenders '2024/AO/80 - EVENT ORGANIZATION SERVICES AND RELATED SERVICES IN 37 COUNTRIES' was published on e-Procurement. This tendering procedure is an international call for tenders. It aims at concluding a framework agreement for event organization and related services with Service...
Guatemala working on national legislation on cybercrime, in view of acceding to the Budapest Convention
Strengthening the country’s capacities to combat cybercrime and facilitating accession to the Budapest Convention were the objectives of the High-Level Meeting organised by the Ministry of Government of Guatemala, together with the GLACY-e and Octopus projects. In April 2020, Guatemala was...
GLACY-e in Colombia: Completion of the second phase of the training for the first pool of national trainers on cybercrime and e-evidence
The consolidation of the first pool of national trainers on cybercrime and electronic evidence in Colombia is closer to become a reality. Building on the successful Training of Trainers (ToT) for justice and law enforcement officials (Bogotá, September 10–12 2024), the second phase of the...
The eighth Annual Meeting of the 24/7 Network of Contact Points
On 18 October 2024, the Cybercrime Programme Office of the Council of Europe (C-PROC) organised the eighth Annual Meeting of the 24/7 Points of Contact at the EUROPOL premises, in The Hague, Netherlands. Under Article 35 of the Convention on Cybercrime (Budapest Convention), the 24/7 Network...
C-PROC: 70 representatives of law enforcement agencies attended the EC3 Cybercrime Conference 2024
Around 70 representatives of law enforcement agencies from 45 countries, supported by the Cybercrime Programme Office of the Council of Europe (C-PROC), took part in the EC3 Cybercrime Conference on 16 and 17 October 2024 at the Europol headquarters. The 2024 edition focused on the key pillars...
Panama updates its cybercrime legislation to align with the Convention on Cybercrime
On 10 October 2024, the National Assembly of Panama approved several provisions on cybercrime and electronic evidence, including for amending the Criminal Code, the Code of Criminal Procedure and Law 11 of 2015 on international legal assistance in criminal matters. The Council of Europe...
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...