GLACY+ Activities
Call to action following the international conference on strengthening co-operation on cybercrime and e-evidence in Africa
More than 200 participants from 34 countries, including representatives of academia, private sector and international organisations attended the International Conference on cybercrime and e-evidence in Africa, held in Bouznika, Morocco, on 6 and 7 March 2023. The event, jointly organised with the...
GLACY+ priority countries participated in the INTERPOL Global Cybercrime Conference
On 16 February 2023, INTERPOL organised the Global Cybercrime Conference, under the theme “Creating communities to protect communities”, attended by approximately 313 participants from 82 countries, including 11 GLACY+ priority countries. The conference reunited leaders from law enforcement...
Regional training on Joint Investigative Teams under the Second Additional Protocol to the Convention on Cybercrime (Budapest Convention)
Between 14 and 16 February 2023, the Regional training on Joint Investigative Teams and improved co-operation with foreign service providers under the Second Additional Protocol to the Convention on Cybercrime (Budapest Convention) brought together participants from over 34 countries. This...
GLACY+: Workshop on cybercrime and electronic evidence legislation
During 6–8 February 2022, the Council of Europe, through the GLACY+ project, in collaboration with the Ministry of ICT and Innovation from Rwanda, organised a workshop to discuss the current legal framework on cybercrime and electronic evidence in the country. The workshop brought together...
GLACY+: 13th Steering Committee meeting-assessing project performance and strategic planning for the third phase of GLACY project
On 3 February 2023, the Council of Europe in collaboration with the European Union and INTERPOL, organised the 13th GLACY+ Steering Committee. The Steering Committee was organised as a hybrid event and benefited from the participation of national coordinators and representatives of the priority...
Save the date! International Conference on strengthening co-operation on cybercrime and electronic evidence in Africa, Rabat, Morocco
The Ministry of Justice of the Kingdom of Morocco, in collaboration with the Council of Europe is organising an international conference to enhance the co-operation on cybercrime and electronic evidence, in Africa. The event will provide the opportunity to present the tools offered by the...
GLACY+: Train the trainers course delivered in Ghana
As part of its series of training workshops, from 6 to 9 December the GLACY+ project, in cooperation with the OCWAR-C project, held a training course on cybercrime and electronic evidence for a select group of Ghanaian judges and prosecutors. The training provides for a better understanding of...
PILON Cybercrime Workshop
Strengthening Cybercrime Responses in the Pacific
This year held in a hybrid format, the workshop is the fourth in the series of annual flagship events led by the PILON Cybercrime Working Group and is co-hosted together with the Government of the Republic of Fiji and funded primarily by the Australian Government’s Cyber and Critical Technology...
GLACY+/Octopus Project: Internet Governance Forum session underlines importance of accountability and attribution of cybercrimes
Further action is needed to ensure accountability for perpetrators of cybercrimes, underlined participants at a session on ‘Cyberattacks and e-evidence – attribution and accountability’ organised by the Council of Europe at the 17th Internet Governance Forum (IGF), which took place from 28...
Second Regional Meeting of Heads of Cybercrime Units
From 23 to 25 November, the OCWAR-C project organised the Second Regional Meeting of Heads of Cybercrime Units of the ECOWAS region to share experience, explore communalities regarding legal, technical and organisational challenges to cooperation in the region and beyond. Representatives from...
GLACY+: Introductory Training on Cybercrime and electronic evidence for judges, prosecutors and defense lawyers
Judges from the magistrate and high court, lawyers from the Office of the Public Legal Office (OPLS) and prosecutors from the Office of the Attorney General (OAG) participated in the introductory training course on cybercrime and electronic evidence delivered online from 21 to 23 November. The...
GLACY+ in Fiji: Stakeholder webinar on the responsibilities of 24/7 Points of Contact
On 22 November 2022, the Council of Europe, in cooperation with the Ministry of Communication of Fiji, organised a stakeholder webinar on the roles and responsibilities of 24/7 Points of Contact Network under the Budapest Convention for representatives of Fiji. The initiative aimed to provide an...
More action needed to promote the role of women in the fight against cybercrime
Women have a crucial role to play in effective criminal justice responses to cybercrime, stated participants in the International Conference on promoting the role of women in preventing, investigating and prosecuting cybercrimes organised by the Council of Europe in cooperation with the...
Strengthening international cooperation on cybercrime and electronic evidence in the Americas
Efficient international cooperation has never been more important in enabling an effective and comprehensive criminal justice response to cybercrime and other crimes involving electronic evidence, emphasised participants in the 2022 Americas Regional Forum organised by the Council of Europe in...
Council of Europe and EUROJUST: Cooperation on ransomware
On 3 and 4 November, the Cybercrime Programme Office of the Council of Europe and EUROJUST jointly organised an international workshop on criminal investigations of ransomware attacks. EUROPOL highlighted that only 1% of such attacks are reported and that this offence remains one of the most...
Octopus Project and GLACY+: Workshop on countering online child sexual exploitation and abuse, Mauritius
The increasing use by children of information and communication technologies (ICTs), such as social media, mobile messaging applications and online games, has created new opportunities for sexual offenders to target and harm children. The physical and psychological impact on victims of these...
The Hague - Workshop on channels and avenues for international cooperation in cybercrime
INTERPOL, as the implementing partner of the GLACY+ Project, organised the Workshop on Channels and Avenues for International Cooperation in Cybercrime in The Hague, Netherlands, from 17 to 18 October 2022. The event was a joint effort of INTERPOL, the Council of Europe, the United States...
GLACY+ & INTERPOL: 5th Digital Security Challenge 2022
The GLACY+ Project supported the organisation of the 5th Digital Security Challenge hosted by INTERPOL (DSC 2022) in partnership with the Cyber Defense Institute. The three-day hybrid event (11-13 October) was hosted at the INTERPOL Global Complex for Innovation Center in Singapore with...
GLACY+: The 7th INTERPOL Americas Working Group on Cybercrime
The 7th INTERPOL Americas Working Group on Cybercrime (AMWGC) was held from 12 to 16 September 2022 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The meeting brought together over 90 participants from 32 member countries, 4 international organizations, and 13 public and private entities. INTERPOL is also an...
Panama and the Convention on Cybecrime: GLACY+ workshop on domestic legislation
On 15 September, the Council of Europe, through the GLACY+ joint project wih the European Union, held a hybrid workshop with the authorities of Panama in view of further harmonising national legislation on cybercrime and electronic evidence with the provisions of the Budapest Convention on...
