The joint initiative of the European Union and the Council of Europe, CyberSouth+,  together with the Arab Information and Communication Technologies Organizations (AICTO) of the League of Arab States organised a four-day training exercise on ransomware  attacks for the benefit of law enforcement agencies in Algeria, Jordan, Libya, Morocco,  Palestine* and Tunisia.

Based on the assessment of current cyber threats in the region, AICTO and CyberSouth+ are co-ordinating their support to Arab countries to strengthen the criminal justice response to cybercrime, including on more complex forms of ransomware and related offences.

Similar in-country training will be proposed to the project partners during the upcoming steering committee meeting of the CyberSouth+ project which is to be held in December 2024.

* This designation shall not be construed as recognition of a State of Palestine and is without prejudice to the individual positions of Council of Europe and European Union member States on this issue.

Convention on Cybercrime (Budapest Convention)

Second Additional Protocol to the Cybercrime Convention on enhanced co-operation and disclosure of electronic evidence

CyberSouth+ project webpage

Council of Europe resources on Ransomware and the Ransomware Guide