Some 300 cybercrime experts from 90 countries, 12 international and 40 private sector, civil society organisations and academia met at the Council of Europe in Strasbourg, France, from 16 to 18 November 2016 for the Octopus 2016 Conference on cooperation against cybercrime.
The Conference was opened by Thorbjørn Jagland, Secretary General of the Council of Europe, and commenced with a special session on the occasion of the 15th anniversary of the Budapest Convention on Cybercrime. Andorra deposited the instrument of ratification of the Convention during this session to become the 50th Party to this treaty.
