The CyberSEE joint project of the European Union and the Council of Europe supported the enhancement of criminal justice capacities to fight against cybercrime through the participation of 16 law enforcement, intelligence and financial crime investigators from the countries in the South-East Europe and Türkiye in the ISS World Europe 2026, which took place in Prague, Czechia, from 2 to 4 June 2026.
The forum delivered technical training across eight thematic tracks, enabling the delegates from the criminal justice authorities to update their knowledge on emerging crimes over telecommunications networks and social media. The participants attended seminars and training sessions addressing online and internet investigations, lawful interception of 2G/3G/4G/5G and 6G networks, generative and agentic AI use cases for law enforcement and intelligence agencies, and the use of metadata, Exchangeable Image Format (EXIF) data and push tokens in criminal investigations. Further tracks focused on social network monitoring and AI-driven analytics, threat intelligence gathering and cyber security, investigating blockchain transactions, mobile signal interception, electronic surveillance, tracking and forensics.
The activity facilitated the strengthening of the practical skills of criminal justice professionals, fostering inter-agency and cross-border co-operation on cybercrime and electronic evidence, with a particular focus on Open-Source Intelligence (OSINT) methodologies, encrypted communication analysis, and the application of digital forensics in complex cybercrime cases.
The CyberSEE project reaffirms its commitment to supporting South-East European countries and Türkiye in strengthening their criminal justice response to cybercrime and electronic evidence, in order to effectively address the evolving cyber threat landscape and to ensure their skills remain aligned with the latest technological developments in the context of new forms of cybercrime. Such capacity building activities are conducted in line with the Convention on Cybercrime (Budapest Convention) and its Second Additional Protocol, which provide the legal and operational framework for effective cross-border co-operation and the lawful handling of electronic evidence.
Cybercrime Programme Office (C-PROC)