GLACY-e: Ecuador makes progress towards developing a national cybercrime strategy

11-13 MARCH 2024 QUITO, ECUADOR

Since 2022, when Ecuador was invited to become a Party to the Convention on Cybercrime (Budapest Convention), the country took significant steps to develop institutional capacities to investigate and prosecute cybercrime. To further harmonise and consolidate these efforts, Ecuadorian authorities...

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Tunisia becomes the 70th Party to Convention on Cybercrime

headline 8 March 2024 Strasbourg

Today, 8 March 2024, in the presence of the Deputy Secretary General Bjørn Berge, Mr Badreddine JELIDI, Consul at the Consulate General of Tunisia in Strasbourg, deposited the instrument of accession to the Convention on Cybercrime (ETS 185). With Tunisia's accession, 70 States are now Parties,...

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CyberSouth+ contributes to the launch of the Rule of Law Youth Network, supported by the North-South Centre and Programme South V of the Council of Europe

4 March Tunis, Tunisia

On 4 March 2024 in Tunis, Tunisia, the Council of Europe facilitated the first gathering of the Rule of Law Youth Network – RoLYIN. The objective of this network, which includes among others representatives from Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Palestine* and Tunisia is to increase young...

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GLACY+: The International Network of National Judicial Trainers kicks-off the 4th series of P2P webinar

29 February 2024 online

About 45 cybercrime professionals from 12 countries participating in the International Network of National Judicial Trainers (Network) met online on 29 February to discuss cybercrime challenges in relation to cryptocurrencies. The participants had to study in advance a scenario case involving...

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GLACY+/GLACY-e and INTERPOL: Law Enforcement Sharpen Skills at the Digital Security Challenge 2024

19 - 23 February 2024 Cebu, Philippines

In the framework of the GLACY+ project, a joint project of the European Union and the Council of Europe, INTERPOL hosted the 6th Digital Security Challenge in Cebu, Philippines, from 19 -23 February 2024. This unique capture-the-flag competition was designed to hone the digital forensic and...

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CyberSouth+: Renewed engagement from Morocco in the implementation of the new project phase

6 February and 8-9 February 2024 Rabat and Tangier, Morocco

On 6 February 2024, representatives of the Cybercrime Programme Office of the Council of Europe (C-PROC) organised a programmatic meeting with the Moroccan Ministry of Justice, to discuss the new joint project of the European Union and Council of Europe, CyberSouth+ (2024-2026), its future...

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Grenada and Mozambique have been invited to accede to the Convention on Cybercrime

7 february 2024 Strasbourg, France

On 7 February 2024, Grenada and Mozambique have been invited to accede to the Convention on Cybercrime (Budapest Convention). This invitation to accede is valid for five years from its adoption. This is also a result of capacity building activities supported through the various projects of the...

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Japan makes a voluntary contribution

2 February 2024 Strasbourg, France

The Government of Japan has made a voluntary contribution of €120,000 to support the Council of Europe action against cybercrime. The agreement was signed on 2 February 2024 by Ambassador Hiroyuki Uchida, Permanent Observer of Japan to the Council of Europe, and Mr Bjørn Berge, Deputy Secretary...

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Refresher Course on cybercrime and electronic evidence for the Filipino national trainers

15 – 23 JANUARY 2024 MANILA, THE PHILIPPINES

On 15 – 23 January September, the GLACY+ and GLACY-e project, in co-operation with the Department of Justice – Office of Cybercrime (DOJ-OOC) and the Supreme Court of the Philippines, organised the Refresher course on cybercrime and electronic evidence for around 20 national trainers in Manila,...

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Cameroon becomes 69th Party to Convention on Cybercrime

15 December 2023 Bucharest

On 8 February 2023, Cameroon was invited to accede to the Budapest Convention on Cybercrime. This invitation to accede is valid for five years from its adoption. Today, 15 December, on the occasion of a ceremony on the last day of the Octopus Conference 2023 in Bucharest, Cameroon became Party to...

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C-PROC: Over 500 professionals from around 130 countries attend the Octopus Conference 2023

13-15 December 2023 Bucharest, Romania

On 13-15 December 2023 the Cybercrime Programme Office of the Council of Europe organised its flagship event, the Octopus Conference, which brought together over 500 professionals from around 130 countries. In their opening remarks, Alexander Seger, Head of the Cybercrime Division of the...

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CyberSouth: Closing event

14 December 2023 Bucharest, Romania

On 14 December 2023, during the Octopus Conference 2023, the Cybercrime Programme Office of the Council of Europe together with representatives from the priority countries - Algeria, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco and Tunisia, met for the Closing event of the CyberSouth project, the joint European...

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Closing Conference of the GLACY+ project and Launching Event of the GLACY-e project

14 DECEMBER 2023 BUCHAREST, ROMANIA

More than 160 participants from 20 countries from all around the world met in Bucharest, on 14 December, on the margins of the Octopus Conference 2023, to mark the transition between GLACY+ and GLACY-e, the two joint global projects of the European Union and of the Council of Europe. Gradually,...

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CyberEast: Closing Conference of the Project

14 December 2023 Bucharest, Romania

After four and a half years of implementation, marked by more than 250 successful capacity-building and supporting activities ensuring cyber resilience through action on cybercrime and electronic evidence in the Eastern Partnership Region, CyberEast, the joint project of the European Union and of...

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iPROCEEDS-2 Closing Conference

14 DECEMBER 2023 BUCHAREST, ROMANIA

With over 300 capacity-building and supporting activities aimed at strengthening the capacities of criminal justice authorities in South East Europe and Türkiye to search, seize and confiscate proceeds from online crime, to prevent money laundering on the Internet and to secure electronic...

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C-PROC: Meeting of the International Network of the National Judicial Trainers on Cybercrime and Electronic Evidence

12 December 2023 Bucharest, Romania

The plenary meeting of the International Network of the National Judicial Trainers (the Network) on Cybercrime and Electronic Evidence was held on 12 December 2023 in Bucharest, Romania, with the participation of the priority countries where the Cybercrime Programme Office of the Council of...

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Plenary meeting of Judicial Training Network on Cybercrime and Electronic Evidence, supported by the Cybercrime Programme Office of the Council of Europe

12 December 2023 Bucharest, Romania

At the plenary meeting of the International Network of the National Judicial Trainers (INJT) on Cybercrime and Electronic Evidence, held on 12 December 2023 in Bucharest, Romania, all CyberSouth priority countries discussed the possibility to integrate the CyberSouth Judicial Training Network...

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More than 500 global cybercrime experts to attend Octopus Conference 2023

headline 12 December 2023 Strasbourg

Held every 12 to 18 months by the Council of Europe, the Octopus Conference constitutes one of the biggest and finest platforms of exchange in cybercrime gathering experts from more than 100 countries, international organisations, private sector, representatives of civil society and academia. ...

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Cybercrime and freedom of expression: discussion paper

10 December 2023 Strasbourg, France

In recent years, most countries around the world have undertaken legislative reforms on cybercrime and electronic evidence. In a number of countries, such legislation on cybercrime includes provisions on criminalising the “dissemination of false information”, “offensive messages”, “causing...

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The global state of cybercrime legislation in December 2023

8 December 2023 Bucharest, Romania

Up-to-date domestic criminal law in line with the Convention on Cybercrime (the Budapest Convention) remains a key element in addressing cybercrime and handling electronic evidence for countries across the globe. An updated cursory overview of the Global State of Cybercrime Legislation prepared...

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