From 5 to 7 October 2021, INTERPOL together with the GLACY+ project delivered an online workshop on Developing Cybercrime and E-Evidence Training Strategies for Law Enforcement in Ghana Nigeria and Mauritius, three of the GLACY+ project’s priority countries.

The three-day workshop encompassed a one-day plenary session for all participants from the three countries followed by separate country dedicated activities in Ghana and Nigeria. The series was designed for law enforcement agencies and units in charge of cybercrime investigation and digital forensics, training curriculums and strategies, police academies and schools in charge with training police officers‎.

The main purpose was to raise ‎awareness on the need for a strategic approach to cybercrime and digital forensic ‎training, putting together law enforcement representatives from countries to ‎share their experiences on good practices of training strategies. Participants were provided ‎with the existing international training resources for law ‎enforcement.

During the country dedicated activities in Ghana and Nigeria, the GLACY+ team assessed the countries’ LEAs training capacities and advised on building the structure ‎of the training strategy. A total of 68 representatives attended the workshop. A similar country dedicated activity is expected to be organized in Mauritius, by the end of the year, as a follow up of the plenary session.

Similar workshops were held this year in July for Benin, Burkina Faso, Morocco, and Senegal and several more are envisaged to cover other priority countries of the project, in the near future.