CyberSEE - Projet de renforcement de la lutte contre la cybercriminalité et les preuves électroniques en Europe du Sud-Est et en Turquie

CyberSEE: Enhanced action on cybercrime and electronic evidence in South-East Europe and Türkiye is a Joint project of the European Union (DG NEAR) and the Council of Europe.

Participating countries/areas: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, Türkiye and Kosovo*

* This designation is without prejudice to positions on status, and is in line with UNSCR 1244 and the ICJ Opinion on the Kosovo Declaration of Independence.

The overall objective of CyberSEE is to strengthen the rule of law, security and regional co-operation in the South-East-Europe and Türkiye through a more effective response to the challenges of cybercrime and electronic evidence. Under this overall objective, the Project implements activities in the region with the specific objective to reach strengthened and more effective criminal justice response of Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, Türkiye and Kosovo to cybercrime and electronic evidence, in line with the provisions of the Budapest Convention on Cybercrime, its Second Protocol and European Union objectives.

Project documentation

Retour CyberSEE: Series of capacity building activities on cybercrime and electronic evidence organised in partnership with U.S. Department of Justice held in Hungary, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro

CyberSEE: Series of capacity building activities on cybercrime and electronic evidence organised in partnership with U.S. Department of Justice held in Hungary, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro

InMay 2024, the CyberSEE Project joined forces with the U.S. Department of Justice for putting together a series of capacity building activities aiming to increase the knowledge of criminal justice representatives on conducting cybercrime investigations and handling of electronic evidence.

On 13-16 May, the Meeting of the US–Eastern European Cryptocurrency Working Group held in Budapest, Hungary gathered 47 police investigators, prosecutors, FIU analysts and asset recovery experts from 11 countries. The sessions included interactive discussions and practical exercises on the search and seizure of cryptocurrencies, enabling the participants to gain insights into relevant tools for analysing suspect transactions for attribution and confiscation, investigating dark markets, converting Bitcoin to Monero and Ransomware as a service.

On May 23-24, the Workshop on Electronic Evidence for Law Enforcement, Judges and Prosecutors held in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina engaged participants from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro and North Macedonia. The workshop featured live demonstrations and exercises on advanced financial forensics of online fraud schemes and crypto money laundering, methods to authenticate digital evidence, best practices for tracing cryptocurrencies and the criminal use of mixers, tumblers, NFTs and Darknet.

On 28-29 May, the Regional Workshop on Strategies for Law Enforcement Training on Cybercrime and Electronic Evidence held in Budva, Montenegro gathered high-level delegates from regional Police Academies, cybercrime investigators and trainers. They explored solutions to integrate modules on cybercrime and electronic evidence into their curricula, set up cohesive pools of trainers and develop training strategies. Domestic meetings were held with representatives from law enforcement training institutions of Albania, Montenegro, Serbia and Türkiye to discuss existing priorities, future needs, next steps, relevant partners and potential support of CyberSEE project for this process.

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