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US makes a further voluntary contribution to the Octopus Project
The Government of the United States of America has made a voluntary contribution of €2 036 671.06 to support the Council of Europe action against cybercrime. The US Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs has supported the Octopus Project since its launch and this additional...
CyberSouth+: Workshop on the Convention on Cybercrime (Budapest Convention) and its protocols
CyberSouth+, a joint initiative of the European Union and the Council of Europe, supported the Palestinian Prosecution Office to organise an online workshop, aiming to provide the Palestinian criminal justice professionals with a better understanding of the tools provided under the Budapest...
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...
Octopus project – CYBERKOP action: Domestic joint workshop on cryptocurrencies analysis to confiscation
The CYBERKOP Action of the Octopus Project is taking a significant step toward tackling the challenges associated with virtual currencies, by supporting the Financial Intelligence Unit of Kosovo* to organise a joint three-day workshop on cryptocurrencies, from 24-26 September 2024. Bringing...
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...
CyberSouth+ and the South Programme V
The CyberSouth+ joint project of the European Union and Council of Europe contributed to the 3rd Steering Committee meeting of the South Programme V “Protecting human rights, the rule of law and democracy through shared standards in the Southern Mediterranean”. Results of co-operation on...
Paraguay becomes the 47th State to sign the Second Additional Protocol to the Convention on Cybercrime
Today, 24 September 2024, Ms Cynthia María FILÁRTIGA LACROIX, Ambassador of Paraguay to France, 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 Bjørn Berge,...
CyberSPEX: Online Workshop on international co-operation tools (Art 9 and 10) provided by the Second Additional Protocol to the Convention on Cybercrime (Budapest Convention)
On 23 of September 2024, the CyberSPEX project, a joint initiative of the European Commission and the Council of Europe, held an online workshop aimed at enriching the knowledge of the representatives of the EU Member States on the tools for enhanced co-operation on cybercrime and electronic...
CyberSouth+: Regional training exercise on live data forensics and cryptocurrency for law enforcement agencies
The joint European Union and Council of Europe project CyberSouth+ organised together with all its partners – Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Palestine[1] and Tunisia a regional training exercise on live data forensics and cryptocurrency for law enforcement agencies, between...
Octopus project – CYBERKOP action: Domestic workshop on public-private cooperation on assessing and mitigating security risks and incidents in the 5G era
The CYBERKOP Action of the Octopus Project is supporting the National Cyber Security Unit (KOS-CERT) to organise a workshop in Pristina, Kosovo* aimed at strengthening the public-private cooperation in managing 5G security risks and incidents. The workshop brings together 20 representatives from...
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...
CyberSEE: Police investigators in South-East Europe attended the Regional Training on Cryptocurrency and Online Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse
From 11 to 13 September 2024, the CyberSEE Project supported the Serbian Police Presidency of South-East Europe Police Chiefs Association (SEPCA) to enhance the cybercrime investigations in South-East European countries by updating the cyber investigators skills on cryptocurrencies and online...
Japan makes a further voluntary contribution to the Octopus Project
The Government of Japan has made a voluntary contribution of €20,000 to support the Council of Europe action against cybercrime. The agreement was signed on 10 September 2024 by Ambassador Hiroyuki Uchida, Consul General of Japan and Bjørn Berge, Deputy Secretary General of the Council of Europe....
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...
International Symposium on Cybercrime Response (ISCR)
The Cybercrime Convention Committee (T-CY) was invited to attend the International Symposium on Cybercrime Response (ISCR) – 2024, in Seoul, Republic of Korea, from 27 to 29 August. Hosted by the Investigation Bureau of the Korean National Police Agency, this annual event aims to contribute to...
The “Budapest” Convention on Cybercrime and the draft United Nations treaty: links
The recent agreement by the United Nations Ad Hoc Committee (AHC) on the draft “United Nations convention against cybercrime; strengthening international cooperation for combating certain crimes committed by means of information and communications technology systems and for the sharing of...
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 -...
United Nations treaty on cybercrime agreed by the Ad Hoc Committee
The reconvened concluding session of the United Nations (UN) Ad Hoc Committee (AHC), meeting in New York, on 8 August 2024 reached agreement on the “Draft United Nations convention against cybercrime; strengthening international cooperation for combating certain crimes committed by means of...
Application of the Budapest Convention extended to Curaçao
On 27 June 2024, in the presence of the Deputy Secretary General Bjørn Berge, Mr Shalten Hato, Minister of Justice of Curaçao, deposited the instruments of acceptance by the Netherlands of the territorial application of the Convention on Cybercrime (ETS 185). This marks the first time that the...
CyberSEE: Strengthening cooperation and real-time information exchange between Law Enforcement Agencies and Computer Emergency Response Teams
In June 2024, the CyberSEE project supported the Albanian State Police in organising a regional workshop within the framework of the EU policy cycle EMPACT, the cyber-attacks priority. The Albanian State Police took on the role of leader for an action aimed at strengthening the cooperation and...