Three meetings were held between 5 and 7 February, at the Prosecutor General's Office, in Lisbon, with the purpose of building a stronger cooperation on cybercrime in the Ibero-american space.

The first annual meeting of the Ibero-American cyber network (CiberRede/CiberRed), established in 2016, focused on cybercrime legislation and on setting the strategic objectives of the network for the next three years.

The meeting was followed by an International Conference on Cybercrime and Electronic Evidence with the participation of all contact points of CiberRede/CiberRed, as well as the contact points of the Cybercrime Forum of the Community of Portuguese-speaking Countries (CPLP) countries. Discussions focused on the creation of specialized units of Public Prosecutors in the fight against cybercrime and on strengthening the cooperation between the participating countries.

The series of events ended with the first meeting of the Cybercrime Forum of the CPLP Countries, also established in 2016, with the purpose of sharing information on the legal framework of the member countries in ​​cybercrime and facilitating exchanges of experiences and good practices in the cooperation between judicial authorities.

The meetings were supported by the European Union and the Council of Europe, through the GLACY+ Project.

• Meeting of CiberRede/CiberRed (5 February)
• International Conference on Cybercrime (5-6 February)
• Meeting of the Cybercrime forum (7 February)