GLACY+  is a Joint project of the European Union (Instrument Contributing to Peace and Stability) and the Council of Europe.

GLACY+ is intended to extend the experience of the GLACY project (2013 – 2016) and supports nineteen priority and hub countries in Africa, Asia-Pacific and Latin America and the Caribbean region – Benin, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Cabo Verde, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Fiji, Ghana, Mauritius, Morocco, Nigeria, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Senegal, Sri Lanka, Timor Leste and Tonga. These countries may serve as hubs to share their experience within their respective regions.

Objectives:

To strengthen the capacities of States worldwide to apply legislation on cybercrime and electronic evidence and enhance their abilities for effective international cooperation in this area.

1. To promote consistent cybercrime legislation, policies and strategies;

2. To strengthen the capacity of police authorities to investigate cybercrime and engage in effective police-to-police cooperation with each other as well as with cybercrime units in Europe and other regions;

3. To enable criminal justice authorities to apply legislation and prosecute and adjudicate cases of cybercrime and electronic evidence and engage in international cooperation.

Activities

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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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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