GLACY-e and Octopus Projects: The first pool of national judicial trainers of Brazil finalise the training programme on cybercrime and electronic evidence
A group of 19 prosecutors from several regions of Brazil underwent the advanced training course on cybercrime and electronic evidence from 8 to 12 April 2024, at the Prosecutor's Office in São Paulo. The course was organised by the Federal Public Ministry of Brazil with the support of the GLACY-e...
C-PROC activity report for 2023
Today, Secretary General Marija Pejčinović Burić shared her report on the activities in 2023 of the Cybercrime Programme Office (C-PROC) of the Council of Europe with the Committee of Ministers. This report confirms once again the global scope and impact of capacity building by C-PROC: "In 2023,...
GLACY-e: Practitioner-to-practitioner webinar on romance scams stirs up lively discussions among participants
On 26 March, a new practitioner-to-practitioner (P2P) webinar was organised by the GLACY-e project in the framework of the International Network of National Judicial Trainers (INJT), with the support of the other capacity building projects implemented by the Cybercrime Programme Office. The...
GLACY-e: Ecuador makes progress towards developing a national cybercrime strategy
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...
GLACY+: The International Network of National Judicial Trainers kicks-off the 4th series of P2P webinar
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...
GLACY+/GLACY-e and INTERPOL: Law Enforcement Sharpen Skills at the Digital Security Challenge 2024
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...
Refresher Course on cybercrime and electronic evidence for the Filipino national trainers
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,...
C-PROC: Over 500 professionals from around 130 countries attend the Octopus Conference 2023
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...
Closing Conference of the GLACY+ project and Launching Event of the GLACY-e project
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,...
C-PROC: Meeting of the International Network of the National Judicial Trainers on Cybercrime and Electronic Evidence
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...
C-PROC at 10: Ten years of capacity building by the Cybercrime Programme Office of the Council of Europe
In October 2013, the Council of Europe decided to sign a memorandum of understanding with the Government of Romania to establish a Cybercrime Programme Office (C-PROC) in Bucharest responsible for capacity building on cybercrime and electronic evidence. C-PROC became operational in April 2014 and...
GLACY+ & INTERPOL: Heads of Police Cybercrime Units and prosecutors from 24 countries in Latin Americas and the Caribbean met in Santo Domingo to discuss strategies for tackling the rising challenge of cybercrime
INTERPOL, the implementing partner of the Global Action on Cybercrime Extended (GLACY+) project, organized the 8th Americas Working Group on Cybercrime for Heads of Unit from 7 to 10 November in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. The meeting brought together more than sixty law enforcement...