The project Cybercrime@EAP III is currently holding its IV Regional Meeting of the project in Chisinau, Moldova, in cooperation with the Prosecutor General’s Office of the Republic of Moldova.

The agenda of the meeting, held on the dates of 11-12 September 2017, draws upon the current initiatives and key issues of public-private cooperation on cybercrime that are topical in the Eastern Partnership region. Discussions on subjects of application of procedural safeguards and guarantees under Article 15 of the Budapest Convention on cybercrime, the interplay between the obligations to retain and preserve data, liabilities of Internet service providers and cooperation with multinational companies like Apple, Facebook, Google, Microsoft and similar players are shaping the agenda of this two-day meeting.

The Regional Meeting was opened by the address of the Deputy Prosecutor General of the Republic of Moldova, representatives of the EU and Council of Europe in the country, and followed by presentations and discussions of experts from Bulgaria, Croatia, Estonia, Netherlands and the United Kingdom on various items of the agenda. The meeting is also the opportunity for main stakeholders of the project – criminal justice officials, data protection authorities and communications regulators – to discuss and set the agenda of the remaining activities of the project in 2018, as well as plan ahead for 2018.

• Agenda
• Cybercrime@EAP III project webpage
• Study on Strategy of Cooperation with Multinational Service Providers
• Study on Liabilities of Internet Service Providers in the Eastern Partnership Region

Presentations:

• Article 15: A question of balance - Marko JURIĆ
• Data preservation vs. data retention: Data protection perspective in criminal investigations – Mick JAMEISON MSc CNE
• European debate on Data Retention – Markko KUNNAPU
• Liabilities of ISPs Responsibilities of Regulators – Hein DRIES
• Online Resource for Public-Private Cooperation – update – Alexandra TRANDAFIR
• Procedural guarantees and practical differences between investigations and operative/detective activities – Mick JAMEISON MSc CNE
• Bill 161 in Republic of Moldova – Artur DEGTEARIOV
• Cybercrime@EAP II/Cybercrime@EAP III: State of implementation and Planning for 2018 – Giorgi JOKHADZE
• Cybercrime Convention Committee Development of standards for cooperation with Service Providers – Markko KUNNAPU
• Политики и практики интернет-индустрии для хранения данных и обеспечения доступа правоохранительным органам – Sergiu BOZIANU