Octopus Project Activities
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 -...
Octopus Project: Training of Thai prosecutors on cybercrime
The Office of the Attorney General of Thailand and the Council of Europe today started a 4-day training on cybercrime and electronic evidence for 25 Thai prosecutors. In his opening remarks, Jumpon Phansumrit, Deputy Attorney General of Thailand, underlined the importance of equipping...
GLACY-e: Support for the national conference on cybercrime for prosecutors
A two-day National Conference on Cybercrime and E-evidence for Prosecutors opened today in Nadi, Fiji. Organised by the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP) with the support of the GLACY-e joint project of the European Union and Council of Europe and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime...
CyberSEE and Octopus Project – CYBERKOP Action: EUROPOL AP Twins Annual Expert Meeting on Protecting Children Against Sexual Exploitation and Abuse
From 5 to 6 June 2024, the CyberSEE project and CYBERKOP Action of the Octopus Project facilitated the participation of representatives from the criminal justice authorities of South-East Europe in the EUROPOL AP Twins Annual Expert Meeting on Protecting Children Against Sexual Exploitation and...
CyberSEE and Octopus Project – CYBERKOP Action: ISS World Training seminars for Law Enforcement, Financial Investigators and Cybersecurity Communities fighting against criminal activities over the Internet
CyberSEE Project and CYBERKOP Action of the Octopus Project supported the participation of twenty-one law enforcement, FIU and CERT representatives from South-East Europe and Türkiye in the world’s largest gathering of Police, Intelligence and Homeland Security Analysts, Telecoms and Financial...
Octopus Project, GLACY-e and International Association of Prosecutors: New series of webinars 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 possible practical implementation of the Second Additional Protocol to the Convention on Cybercrime (Budapest Convention). A new series...
INJT: Fourth practitioner to practitioner webinar tackles OCSEA case scenario
On 28 May, the GLACY-e project organised jointly with the other capacity building projects implemented by the Cybercrime Programme Office of the Council of Europe (C-PROC), a new practitioner-to practitioner (P2P) webinar, in the framework of the International Network of National Judicial...
CyberSEE and Octopus Project – CyberKOP action: International Conference on International Judicial Cooperation in Criminal Matters and Cybercrime
CyberSEE project supported the EU-CoE Joint Programme Improving International Judicial Cooperation in Criminal Matters in Turkey in organising the International Conference on International Judicial Cooperation on Criminal Matters and Combatting Cybercrime, held in Ankara, Türkiye, on 27-28 May....
Octopus project – CYBERKOP action: Specialised judicial training course on international cooperation on cybercrime and electronic evidence
The specialised judicial training course on international cooperation on cybercrime and electronic evidence is delivered under the CYBERKOP Action of the Octopus Project, between 23 to 25 April 2024, in Pristina. Addressed to prosecutors, representatives of the Academy of Justice and domestic...
Exchange of views with the diplomatic community and international organisations in Bucharest on the occasion of C-PROC’s 10th anniversary
The Cybercrime Programme Office of the Council of Europe (C-PROC), based in Bucharest, celebrates this month 10 years since it was established. On this occasion, a meeting with the diplomatic community and representatives of international organisations in Bucharest was hosted by C-PROC at its...
Ten years of cooperation between Romania and the Council of Europe for capacity building on cybercrime
The Cybercrime Programme Office of the Council of Europe (C-PROC), based in Bucharest, celebrates this month 10 years since it was founded. On this occasion, on 11 April 2024 an event was organised in Bucharest with representatives of criminal justice authorities in Romania and other relevant...
GLACY-e and Octopus Projects: The first pool of national judicial trainers of Brazil finalise the training programme on cybercrime and electronic evidence
A group of 19 prosecutors from several regions of Brazil underwent the advanced training course on cybercrime and electronic evidence from 8 to 12 April 2024, at the Prosecutor's Office in São Paulo. The course was organised by the Federal Public Ministry of Brazil with the support of the GLACY-e...
C-PROC activity report for 2023
Today, Secretary General Marija Pejčinović Burić shared her report on the activities in 2023 of the Cybercrime Programme Office (C-PROC) of the Council of Europe with the Committee of Ministers. This report confirms once again the global scope and impact of capacity building by C-PROC: "In 2023,...
In Focus
Upcoming events:
CoE-IAP series of webinars (May-November 2024, online - to be announced)
Past events:
Regional workshop on cybercrime and electronic evidence in Southeast Asia (2-4 September 2024)
C-PROC 10th anniversary (April 2024: Day 1, Day 2)
CyberKOP Action of the Octopus Project launching meeting (November 2023)
20th Anniversary of the First Additional Protocol to the Convention on Cybercrime
Opening for signature of the Second Additional Protocol to the Convention on Cybercrime
20th Anniversary of the Convention on Cybercrime (Budapest Convention)
