The GLACY+ project, a joint action of the European Union and the Council of Europe supported the Ghanaian authorities, particularly the Cyber Security Authority, in organising two back-to-back activities focused on enhancing international cooperation on cybercrime in Accra, Ghana, in a hybrid format.
On 18-19 October, 22 participants from Ghana, representing the Cyber Security Authority, the National Signals Bureau, the Criminal Investigation Department, the Economic and Organised Crime Office, the Department of Public Prosecution and the Judicial Service of Ghana attended in the Advisory Mission on streamlining of procedures for Mutual Legal Assistance (MLA) related to Cybercrime and Electronic Evidence. The mission examined areas which may require further capacity building support through the GLACY+ project and highlighted ways to streamline procedures for MLA related to cybercrime and electronic evidence.
The Advisory Mission was complemented a three-day specialised Judicial Training on International Cooperation (20-22 October). The course aimed at enhancing the knowledge of the Ghanaian judges and prosecutors in matters of international cooperation on cybercrime and electronic evidence as provided by the Budapest Convention and its forthcoming Second Additional Protocol. Following the course, the Ghanaian judicial training team will update the materials to the national context and further mainstream relevant modules into the national judicial training curricula.
Ghana has been a priority country and a capacity building regional hub for the GLACY+ project since 2016 and became Party to the Budapest Convention in December 2018.
Second Additional Protocol to the Convention on Cybercrime (on enhanced cooperation on cybercrime and electronic evidence)
GLACY+ Project webpage
Ghanaian Cyber Security Authority webpage
