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 A joint regional project of the European Union and the Council of Europe on cooperation against cybercrime under the Eastern Partnership Facility. Participating countries: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine. The project is aimed at strengthening the capacities of Eastern Partnership countries to cooperate effectively against cybercrime. Components:
News CyberCrime@EAP: Regional Workshop on High Tech Crime Units (20-21 March 2012, Tbilisi , Georgia)
[[Strasbourg,
4 April2012] Representatives of the high tech crime units,
24/7 points of contacts and prosecution services from the EAP countries
met in Tbilisi to discuss good practices on setting-up specialised cybercrime
units and interagency cooperation in cybercrime investigations among
national authorities. CyberCrimeEAP/CyberCrime@IPA: Intra-Regional Workshop on "Criminal Money Flows on the Internet" (27-29 February 2012 in Kyiv, Ukraine) [Strasbourg, 1 March 2012] About 80 representatives from the two project areas met in Kyiv to exchange experiences and discuss recent developments related to criminal money on the Internet. The event was aimed at raising awareness of the need for confiscating proceeds from crime on the internet, strengthening interagency and public-private cooperation against criminal money on the internet, as well as at identifying countermeasures (good practices) to be implemented in participating countries. The workshop was used to present the new consolidated FATF Recommendations – and provided a venue for discussion of the implications of these Recommendations on measures against criminal money on the Internet. CyberCrime@EAP Project – Regional seminar on cybercrime legislation – 13-14 December, 2011, Baku, Azerbaijan
[Strasbourg, 6
February 2012]
The representatives of five
EAP countries and international experts discussed the main challenges
in the implementation of the Budapest Convention as well as issues of
gathering and presenting electronic evidence in the court. The gaps
identified include insufficient implementation of provisions of the
Budapest Convention and lack of experience in gathering and presenting
electronic evidence in the court. The delegations prepared a set of recommendations addressing these gaps in their respective countries. The project will assist their implementation and support the follow-up to these recommendations.
Training for 24/7 points of Contact (8-10 November, Rome, Italy) [Strasbourg, 18 November, 2011] The joint European Union and Council of Europe regional projects - CyberCrime@IPA and Cybercrime@EAP - supported the participation of 24/7 points of contact from 14 countries in the third training conference of G8. The Council of Europe 24/7 Network is established under Article 35 of the Budapest Convention on Cybercrime in order to facilitate the international cooperation. This event organised in Rome on 8-10 November, 2011 provided an opportunity for the points of contact from the countries/areas covered by the two projects to establish links among themselves as well as to network with the countries that are members in the G8 network.
LEA-ISP guidelines available in the Azeri language
[31 August 2011, Strasbourg] An Azeri version of the Guidelines for the cooperation between law enforcement and internet service providers against cybercrime is now available online. This important reference document is also available in a number of other non-official languages of the Council of Europe, among them Armenian, Georgian, Romanian and Ukrainian.
This translation was done within the framework of the joint EU/CE project “Eastern Partnership – Cooperation against Cybercrime” (CyberCrime@EAP)
CyberCrime@EAP Project:
Regional seminar on international cooperation against cybercrime
[Strasbourg, 16 September 2011] This seminar opened a series of regional events aimed at strengthening the capacities of criminal justice authorities of the Eastern Partnership countries to cooperate effectively against cybercrime. Its participants – officials from the six Eastern Partnership countries, assisted by international experts as well as a representative of GUAM – discussed the key issues preventing efficient international cooperation against cybercrime. The problems identified include slow or no response to mutual legal assistance requests, gaps in legal frameworks and insufficient training or equipment. Based on the shortcomings identified and good practices available, delegations prepared a set of recommendations to address these challenges in their respective countries. The CyberCrime@EAP project will support a follow-up to these recommendations.
LEA-ISP guidelines available in the Armenian language
[22 July 2011, Strasbourg] Armenian translation of an important resource paper – The Guidelines for the cooperation between law enforcement and internet service providers against cybercrime – is now also available online, in addition to several other non-official languages.
The translation was kindly provided by the Police of the Republic of Armenia, partner of the joint EU/CE project “Eastern Partnership – Cooperation against Cybercrime” (CyberCrime@EAP)
CyberCrime@EAP: Launching Conference
[01 June 2011, Strasbourg] This new project was launched through a regional conference on effective measures against cybercrime held in Tallinn in cooperation with the Ministry of Justice of Estonia. The meeting was opened by the Minister of Justice of Estonia, Mr. Kristen Michal, who underlined the importance of cyber-security and the fight against cybercrime for Estonia and its effort to support counter-measures at the international level. The conference discussed the priorities of project countries with regard to cybercrime and electronic evidence. Most project activities will be regional. This is to reinforce regional cooperation which is considered essential given the trans-national nature of cybercrime. Regional cooperation will furthermore help integrate EaP countries into European and international efforts against cybercrime. During the meeting, the Steering Committee adopted the workplan of the project and agreed on implementation modalities.
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