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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....
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...
La Côte d'Ivoire adhère à la Convention sur la cybercriminalité
Le 29 juillet 2024, l'Ambassade de Côte d'Ivoire en France a déposé l'instrument d'adhésion à la Convention sur la cybercriminalité. Avec cette nouvelle adhésion, 76 États sont désormais Parties, deux l'ont signée et 15 ont été invités à adhérer à la Convention. Les autorités ivoiriennes...
CyberEast+: Armenian counterparts discuss cybercrime legislation reforms and the composition of the country team
On 9 July 2024, a one-day meeting on cybercrime legislation reforms was carried out in Yerevan, Armenia. Local authorities discussed with the Council of Europe experts a series of practical steps towards the implementation of procedural powers under the Convention on Cybercrime (Budapest...
La France verse une contribution volontaire au projet Octopus
Le gouvernement français représenté par M. l'ambassadeur Pap Ndiaye, représentant permanent de la France auprès du Conseil de l'Europe, a versé une contribution volontaire au projet Octopus mis en œuvre par le Conseil de l'Europe, d'un montant de 140 000 euros. Cette première contribution...
L'application de la Convention de Budapest étendue à Curaçao
Le 27 juin 2024, en présence du Secrétaire général adjoint Bjørn Berge, M. Shalten Hato, Ministre de la Justice de Curaçao, a déposé les instruments d'acceptation par les Pays-Bas de l'application territoriale de la Convention sur la cybercriminalité (STE 185). C'est la première fois que la...
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...
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...
Launching CyberSPEX - enhanced co-operation on e-evidence by EU Member States through the Second Protocol to the Convention on Cybercrime (Budapest Convention)
The new joint project of the European Union and the Council of Europe – CyberSPEX – was launched on the 20-21 June 2024, in Strasbourg, following the 30th plenary of the Cybercrime Convention Committee (T-CY) and gathered representatives of 22 EU member States, including the European Commission,...
La Convention de Budapest atteint les 75 Parties, le Bénin adhère au premier protocole et la République tchèque et la Sierra Leone signent le deuxième protocole additionnel.
Aujourd'hui, 20 juin 2024, en présence du Secrétaire général adjoint du Conseil de l'Europe, M. Bjørn Berge, et dans le cadre de la 30ème session plénière du T-CY, le Bénin, Fidji et Kiribati ont adhéré à la Convention sur la cybercriminalité (STE 185). Avec ces nouvelles adhésions, 75 Etats sont...
CyberEast+ Contributes to the to 2024 edition of the European Dialogue on Internet Governance (EuroDIG)
14 law enforcement, Internet industry and civil society actors from the Eastern Partnership countries, supported by CyberEast+, a joint European Union-Council of Europe project, attended the 2024 edition of the European Dialogue on Internet Governance (EuroDIG) titled Balancing innovation and...
CyberSEE Launch event and first meeting of the Project Steering Committee
CyberSEE joint project of the European Union and the Council of Europe organised its Launch event and the first Steering Committee meeting, on 17 June 2024, in Strasbourg, France. The meeting gathered representatives from the European Commission, the Council of Europe and delegates from Public...
La Géorgie devient le 44ème État à signer le Deuxième Protocole additionnel à la convention sur la cybercriminalité
Aujourd'hui, le 17 juin 2024, Madame l'Ambassadrice Tamar TALIASHVILI, Représentante permanente de la Géorgie auprès du Conseil de l'Europe, a signé le Deuxième Protocole additionnel à la Convention sur la cybercriminalité, relatif au renforcement de la coopération et de la divulgation des...
CyberEast+: Planning Meeting of the CyberEast+ project
CyberEast+ (2024-2027), a joint endeavour of the Council of Europe and of the European Union, formally commenced on 1 March 2024 with a budget of 3.9 million EUR. The project focuses on ensuring effective criminal justice response to cybercrime and electronic evidence and increased...
Council of Europe at the European Dialogue on Internet Governance 2024 in Vilnius
The Council of Europe will participate in the 2024 edition of the European Dialogue on Internet Governance (EuroDIG), which brings together representatives of governments, international organisations, business, civil society, academia and the technical community to discuss in internet-related...
CyberSEE: Advanced Training for Police and Prosecution on Investigation and Seizure of Cryptocurrencies
From 12 to 14 June, the European Union-Council of Europe joint project CyberSEE, in close cooperation with OSCE Mission to Serbia and the Serbian Ministry of Interior, Service for Combating High-Tech Crime, organised the Advanced Training for Police and Prosecution on Investigation and Seizure of...
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...