The GLACY+ Project, a joint action of the European Union and the Council of Europe, together with INTERPOL, supported the Public Ministry and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Brazil in organizing a three-day workshop with the scope of assessing the current state of the cybercrime legislation and identifying the capacity building needs all across the 26 Brazilian States and the Federal District, in view of its inclusion among the priority countries of the GLACY+ project for further cybercrime capacity building support.
Representatives of the public and private sector, civil society, judiciary and law enforcement agencies, at the State and Federal level, gathered online in a committed effort of presenting the complex cybercrime reality in Brazil, through casework practice, specific challenges, needs of capacitation and effective action, with a main focus on the tools for international cooperation.
The purpose of the discussions was to acquire a general outlook of the national capacities in dealing with cybercrime and other cases involving electronic evidence. Conclusions and recommendations will integrate the identified country’s needs in terms of training and institutional developments that will serve as a baseline for the project implementation.
The GLACY+ project will further work together with a national coordination team to shape and implement an action plan for reinforcing institutional capacities in the cooperation against cybercrime.
Brazil was invited to accede to the Budapest Convention on Cybercrime in December 2019, following the adoption of a very effective legislation on cybercrime and is expected to become a full Party over the course of the project.
