Cybercrime

Cooperation against Cybercrime

10 - 11 March 2009 Council of Europe, Strasbourg, France 

The conference provided an opportunity to interface for cybercrime experts from public and private sectors as well as international and non-governmental organisations from all over the world.

On the agenda

Update:

• The Convention on Cybercrime and its Protocol
• Legislative developments around the world
• Guidelines for the cooperation of law enforcement and Internet service providers
• The Project on Cybercrime

Focus:

• Following criminal money on the internet (workshop)
• Criminalising child pornography on the internet (workshop)
• Cybercrime training (workshop)
• 24/7 points of contact and judicial cooperation (workshop)

Outlook:

• The future of cybercrime: challenges ahead

Participation

The Conference was open to those professionally involved in cybercrime matters:

• Criminal justice and law enforcement officials, including 24/7 points of contact and financial investigators
• Representatives of ministries, parliaments or other institutions involved in cybercrime legislation
• Private sector representatives, including in particular service providers and the financial sector
• International organisations
• Non-governmental organisations and researchers.

The conference was held in room 1 and room 2 at the Council of Europe main building (Palais). The plenary sessions as well as workshops 1, 2 and 3 was opened to the media. The Conference was followed by the meeting of the Cybercrime Convention Committee (T-CY) on 12 and 13 March 2009.