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Prochain échange sur la coopération public-privé
Le Comité de la Convention sur la cybercriminalité (T-CY) et le projet CyberSPEX, une initiative conjointe de l'Union européenne et du Conseil de l'Europe, organiseront un échange industriel avec des prestataires de services afin de renforcer la collaboration public-privé dans le cadre du...
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...
U.S. Joins International Action Against RedLine and META Infostealers
The Department of Justice joined the Netherlands, Belgium, Eurojust and other partners in announcing an international disruption effort against the current version of RedLine Infostealer, one of the most prevalent infostealers in the world that has targeted millions of victim computers, and the...
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...
Costa Rica: MICITT presentó su Estrategia Nacional de Inteligencia Artificial, la primera en Centroamérica
Entrevista Paula Bogantes, ministra de MICITT y Orlando Vega, viceministro de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación sobre la presentación de la ENIA, Nuestra Voz, Amelia Rueda.
CyberSPEX : Atelier en ligne sur la mise en œuvre du deuxième protocole additionnel à la Convention sur la cybercriminalité (Convention de Budapest)
Le 25 octobre 2024, le projet CyberSPEX, une initiative conjointe de la Commission européenne et du Conseil de l'Europe, a organisé un atelier en ligne visant à discuter des progrès concernant la mise en œuvre du deuxième protocole additionnel (2AP) à la Convention sur la cybercriminalité par les...
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...
Electronic Evidence in Focus: Navigating Legal Shifts in the Law on Electronic Evidence under the BSA, 2023
The BSA brings crucial, albeit slight, changes in the law on electronic evidence. While the principles on which it is premised upon remain intact, some newly inserted provisions and the expanded definition of “document” inclusive electronic and digital records, carry significant legal ramifications.
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)...
CyberSEE: Judges, Prosecutors and Judicial Trainers from South-East Europe, Türkiye and Kazakhstan attended the Regional workshop on strategies and practices of judicial training on cybercrime and electronic evidence
From 22 to 23 October 2024, the CyberSEE Project organised the Regional workshop on strategies and practices of judicial training on cybercrime and electronic evidence in Istanbul, Türkiye. The workshop brought together representatives from justice academies, national trainers, judges, and...
Comparative analysis: the Budapest Convention vs the UN Convention Against Cybercrime
As both the UN Cybercrime Convention and the Budapest Convention continue to shape global cybercrime policy, the challenge of how these instruments will coexist becomes increasingly relevant. The Budapest Convention, as the first international treaty on cybercrime, has long served as a...
GLACY-e in Colombia: Completion of the second phase of the training for the first pool of national trainers on cybercrime and e-evidence
The consolidation of the first pool of national trainers on cybercrime and electronic evidence in Colombia is closer to become a reality. Building on the successful Training of Trainers (ToT) for justice and law enforcement officials (Bogotá, September 10–12 2024), the second phase of the...
CyberSouth+: Regional Exercise on Ransomware for Law Enforcement Agencies in MENA
The joint initiative of the European Union and the Council of Europe, CyberSouth+, together with the Arab Information and Communication Technologies Organizations (AICTO) of the League of Arab States organised a four-day training exercise on ransomware attacks for the benefit of law enforcement...
