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Cybercrime Breakfast for Permanent Representatives
A Cybercrime Breakfast for Permanent Representations was held at the Council of Europe on 21 November 2024 to discuss the impact and continued relevance of the Convention on Cybercrime (Budapest Convention), its First protocol on xenophobia an racism and its Second Protocol on electronic...
Extended deadline for Call for tenders 2024/AO/80: Event organisation services and related services in 37 countries
Further to the publication on e-Procurement of the Call for Tenders '2024/AO/80 - EVENT ORGANIZATION SERVICES AND RELATED SERVICES IN 37 COUNTRIES', the deadline was extended to 17 December 2024 at 17:00:00 GMT+02:00. This tendering procedure is an international call for tenders. It aims at...
Octopus Project: Authorities of Kazakhstan coordinate on the next steps to complete accession to the Convention on Cybercrime
The Council of Europe under the framework of the Octopus Project supported the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Kazakhstan in the organisation of a workshop on accession to the Convention on Cybercrime (Budapest Convention) and enhanced international cooperation, taking place in Astana between...
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....
CyberSEE: Albania commences legislative reform for the ratification and effective implementation of the Second Additional Protocol to the Budapest Convention
In November 2024, the European Union-Council of Europe joint project CyberSEE, in cooperation with the Ministry of Justice of Albania launched a series of activities aimed at aligning national legislation with the provisions of the Second Additional Protocol (2AP) to the Convention on Cybercrime...
Octopus Project: Authorities of Kazakhstan strengthen their expertise on financial investigations and ransomware
The Law Enforcement Academy of Kazakhstan, in partnership with the Cybercrime Programme Office of the Council of Europe (C-PROC), hosts this week a four-day training course dedicated to enhancing Kazakhstan’s capabilities in financial investigations, virtual currencies, and ransomware response....
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...
Upcoming Exchange on Public-Private Cooperation
The Cybercrime Convention Committee (T-CY) and the CyberSPEX project, a joint initiative of the European Union and the Council of Europe, will host an industry exchange with service providers to strengthen public-private collaboration under the Second Protocol to the Convention on Cybercrime...
Octopus Project: Judicial Training Programme on cybercrime and e-evidence kick starts in Indonesia
Criminal justice authorities in all regions of the world are confronted with increasing cases of cybercrime and other crimes involving electronic evidence. This is also true for countries of Southeast Asia, including Indonesia. To address this challenge, the Supreme Court of Indonesia, through...
CyberSouth+: Regional workshop on national curricula on cybercrime and electronic evidence for magistrates
The joint initiative of the European Union and the Council of Europe, CyberSouth+, organised an online workshop with the Judicial Academies and Training Departments of Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco and Palestine* to discuss and assess the existing educational programmes on...
CyberSPEX: Online Workshop on the implementation of the Second Additional Protocol to the Convention on Cybercrime (Budapest Convention)
On 25 October 2024, the CyberSPEX project, a joint initiative of the European Commission and the Council of Europe, held an online workshop aimed at discussing the progress regarding the implementation of the Second Additional Protocol (2AP) to the Convention on Cybercrime by the EU Member...
CyberSouth+: North-South Center of Council of Europe Conference on Youth Strategies against Racist and Xenophobic Acts
On 24 October 2024, the Deputy Secretary General of the Council of Europe, Bjørn Berge, opened the conference “Digital resilience: Young people against racism and xenophobia on the digital sphere”, together with the Deputy Prime Minister for Foreign and European Affairs of Montenegro, Ervin...
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...
Octopus Project, GLACY-e and International Association of Prosecutors: Second webinar in the series focused on practical implications of the Second Additional Protocol
The International Association of Prosecutors (IAP), the Octopus Project and the EU-CoE GLACY-e project resumed dialogue with criminal justice authorities on the practical implications of implementing the Second Additional Protocol to the Convention on Cybercrime (Budapest Convention). The second...
Kazakhstan advances judicial training on cybercrime and e-evidence at Istanbul Workshop
On 22-23 October 2024, Kazakhstan’s Department of Judicial Administration and the Law Enforcement Academy under the Prosecutor General’s Office joined colleagues from Southeast Europe at a regional workshop on judicial training for cybercrime and electronic evidence. Organised by the CyberSEE...
CyberSouth+: Basic judicial training on cybercrime and electronic evidence
The joint initiative of the European Union and the Council of Europe, CyberSouth+, supported the Higher School for Magistrates of Morocco to deliver a basic training course on cybercrime and electronic evidence to in-service magistrates. The participants acquired knowledge and skills on...
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...
Octopus project – CYBERKOP action: Domestic training for First Responders to online child sexual exploitation and abuse cases (OCSEA)
The CYBERKOP Action of the Octopus Project, in cooperation with the European Union Rule of Law Mission in Kosovo (EULEX), supported the Cybercrime Directorate of the Kosovo Police in equipping police officers who are first responders to cases of online child sexual exploitation and abuse (OCSEA)...