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...
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...
Philippines showcased a self-developed electronic evidence course for prosecutors and frontline police officers
The Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Philippine National Police (PNP) organised the Electronic Evidence First Responder's Training course from 23 to 26 September, in Pangasinan, Philippines for 30 police officers, 16 prosecutors, and 4 investigative agents of the National Bureau of...
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...
GLACY-e: Training of Trainers for justice and law enforcement officials
A three-day training activity on cybercrime and electronic evidence took place in Bogota, Colombia, between 10-12 September. With the support of GLACY-e, the event was jointly organised by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Superior Council of the Judiciary, and the Office of the Attorney General. ...
GLACY-e & ID4D projects lead a legislative drafting workshop in Nigeria
On 4-5 September, GLACY-e project, a joint initiative of the European Union and Council of Europe partnered with ID4D project in facilitating the organisation of a legislative drafting workshop in Lagos, Nigeria, for 30 representatives of the national task force in charge of drafting the...
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: First pool of national trainers set up in Brazil
19 prosecutors have finalised the Training of Trainers Programme supported by the GLACY-e project, a joint initiative of the European Union – Council of Europe , with the last phase concluded online, between 26-27 August 2024, on training skills – adult training methodology. The aim of the...
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 -...
GLACY-e & INTERPOL: Training course on virtual asset investigations for Dominican Republic and Chile
Between 22-26 July 2024, 30 law enforcement officers from the two hub countries in America, the Dominican Republic and Chile, participated at the training course on virtual asset investigation organised by INTERPOL and the Dominican Republic under the framework of the Joint European Union -...