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Octopus Conference 2025: Youth and Cybercrime Competition launched
Young people play a significant role in the digital ecosystem, both as key actors and as vulnerable individuals facing cyber threats. The Cybercrime Programme Office of the Council of Europe (C-PROC) is launching a Youth and Cybercrime Competition to engage youth and youth organisations in...
CyberSouth+: Regional training for first responders to cybercrime and electronic evidence for law enforcement representatives
Some 22 law enforcement representatives from Libya, Palestine*, and Tunisia participated in a training session for first responders to cybercrime investigations and other criminal investigations involving electronic evidence. The activity was organised by the CyberSouth+ project, a joint...
Regional meeting on the implementation of the Second Additional Protocol with Central and Eastern European countries
The CyberSPEX project organised the third meeting of its regional series on the implementation of the Second Additional Protocol to the Convention on Cybercrime (Budapest Convention) . The meeting was held in cooperation with the Romanian Ministry of Justice and took place in Bucharest on 14-15...
C-PROC is recruiting a Senior Project Officer under the GLACY-e project
Do you have a minimum of three years of relevant professional experience in the implementation of technical co-operation projects on criminal matters at international level? Do you hold a completed full course of general secondary education and appropriate professional qualifications? Do you have...
CyberSEE: Türkiye advances legal and institutional measures to strengthen cybercrime response
From 9 to 10 April 2025, the CyberSEE European Union-Council of Europe joint project, organised two domestic events in Ankara, Türkiye, to support the country’s criminal justice response to challenges posed by cybercrime and electronic evidence. On the first day, the meeting with the Turkish...
C-PROC: Regional Cybercrime Cooperation Training Exercise
The Cybercrime Programme Office of the Council of Europe (C-PROC), thorough its projects CyberEast+, CyberSEE, CyberSouth+ and GLACY-e, and in partnership with the Romanian National Cyber Security Directorate, organised a comprehensive cybercrime training exercise on elections interference, in...
CyberSEE: Enhanced regional capacity to tackle cybercrime in the digital finance era through a workshop on cryptocurrencies, electronic evidence and cooperation with service providers
From 8 to 9 April 2025, the CyberSEE European Union-Council of Europe joint project, in close cooperation with the Western Balkans Criminal Justice (WBCJ) Project, the European Judicial Cybercrime Network (EJCN) and the SIRIUS Project, successfully concluded a regional workshop on...
GLACY-e: Awareness raising workshops for legislators and service providers on the Second Additional Protocol to the Convention on Cybercrime
Between 7 - 8 April 2025, the GLACY-e joint project of the European Union and the Council of Europe, organized two workshops on the Second Additional Protocol (2AP) to the Convention on Cybercrime in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. In the workshop dedicated to legislators approximately 60...
GLACY-e: Stakeholder workshop on the role and responsibilities of 24/7 Point of Contact
On 7 April 2025, the GLACY-e project, a joint initiative of the European Union and the Council of Europe, successfully conducted an online workshop aimed at enhancing the knowledge and cooperation of representatives from Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, and Benin through the 24/7 Points of Contact...
CyberSEE: North Macedonia advances preparations for the ratification of the Second Additional Protocol to the Convention on Cybercrime
On 3 April 2025, the European Union-Council of Europe joint project CyberSEE supported thecriminal justice authorities of North Macedonia in the organisation of a high-level domestic workshop in Skopje in view of implementation and further ratification of the Second Additional Protocol (2AP) to...
Antigua and Barbuda enhances cybercrime response by training under the Octopus Project
The Ministry of Information Communication Technologies, Utilities and Energy of Antigua and Barbuda, in cooperation with the Octopus Project of the Council of Europe, organised the Introductory course on cybercrime and e-evidence for the authorities of Antigua and Barbuda. In his opening remarks,...
Latvia becomes the 49th State to sign the Second Additional Protocol to the Convention on Cybercrime
Today, 27 March 2025, H.E. Ms Inese LĪBIŅA-EGNERE, Latvian Ministry of Justice, signed the Second Additional Protocol to the Convention on Cybercrime, on enhanced co-operation and disclosure of electronic evidence. The event took place in Strasbourg in the presence of Alain BERSET, Secretary...
INJT: First 2025 practitioner-to-practitioner webinar highlights 24/7 Network’s benefits
On 25 March 2025, the International Network of National Judicial Trainers (INJT) held its first 2025 practitioner-to-practitioner (P2P) webinar on the topic of international cooperation on cybercrime and electronic evidence, with a focus on the 24/7 Network established under the Convention on...
GLACY-e in Colombia: Strategic Advisory Workshop mainstreaming the cybercrime training curricula
On 19 March 2025, the GLACY-e project, joint initiative of the European Union and the Council of Europe, organised, online, the Advisory Workshop on Mainstreaming Cybercrime Training Modules in Colombia. The workshop reunited approximately 25 representatives from Ministry of Foreign Affairs,...
GLACY-e: Capacity-building actions on cybercrime and electronic evidence identified in Kenya
On 10 and 11 March 2025, representatives of GLACY-e project, a joint initiative of the European Union and the Council of Europe, and INTERPOL in cooperation with the National Computer and Cybercrime Coordination Committee (NC4) organised a workshop on needs assessment for capacity building on...
Women as equal partners in the AI revolution: a call for gender equality in the digital age
“The AI and digital revolution must also be a revolution for gender equality,” says Council of Europe Secretary General Alain Berset ahead of International Women’s Day. “Together, we can break down barriers to build a future where women and girls lead, innovate, and drive the digital world...
CyberSEE: Bosnia and Herzegovina moves towards the signature and implementation of the Second Additional Protocol to the Convention on Cybercrime
On 4 March 2025, the European Union-Council of Europe joint project CyberSEE, in cooperation with the criminal justice authorities of Bosnia and Herzegovina, organised a high-level domestic workshop in Sarajevo in support of the country’s efforts towards the signature and implementation of the...
Octopus Conference 2025: Registration is now open!
Registration is now open for this year’s Octopus Conference, which will take place between 4-6 June, in Strasbourg, France! Registration form to attend the Octopus Conference 2025 The conference will provide an opportunity to interface for cybercrime experts from public and private sectors as...
GLACY-e: Workshop on the Second Additional Protocol to the Convention on Cybercrime in Benin
Between 27-28 February 2025, the GLACY-e project of the European Union and the Council of Europe, in partnership with The National Centre for Digital Investigations (CNIN) organised a workshop on the Second Additional Protocol (2AP) to the Convention on Cybercrime in Cotonou, Benin. The event...
Operation SECURE: Strengthening Cybersecurity in Asia and the South Pacific
Between 24 - 28 February 2025, the GLACY- e project, a joint initiative of the European Union and the Council of Europe, together with INTERPOL’s Cybercrime Directorate – Asia and South Pacific Desk and with the financial support from the UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO),...