Council of Europe and Eurojust 2nd international conference: Darknet and online sexual violence against children

iPROCEEDS – Cooperation on Cybercrime under the Instrument of Pre-accession (IPA) – is a Joint project of the European Union (IPA II Multi-country action programme 2014) and the Council of Europe.

Participating countries: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, Turkey and Kosovo*

Objective:

To strengthen the capacity of authorities in the IPA region to search, seize and confiscate cybercrime proceeds and prevent money laundering on the Internet.

Indicators include:

Extent of financial investigations and prosecutions related to cybercrime and proceeds from online crime
Level of compliance with international standards on cybercrime, money laundering and the search, seizure and confiscation of proceeds from crime (Council of Europe Conventions ETS 185 and 198).

^{*This designation is without prejudice to positions on status, and is in line with UNSC 1244 and the ICJ Opinion on the Kosovo Declaration of Independence.}

Documentation

Project Summary
Launching Conference - Ohrid, North Macedonia
Budapest Convention on Cybercrime: English - French - Bosnian - Macedonian - Turkish
Explanatory report to the Budapest Convention on Cybercrime: English - French
Additional Protocol on Xenophobia and Racism: English - French
Explanatory report to the Additional Protocol on Xenophobia and Racism: English - French

Reports

MONEYVAL Research Report on Criminal money flows on the Internet: methods, trends and multi-stakeholder counteraction
Electronic Evidence Report: ENG/ ALB/ MK/ RS/ TR
Online fraud and other cybercrime reporting mechanisms: Albania/ Bosnia and Herzegovina/ Montenegro/ North Macedonia/ Serbia/ Turkey/ Kosovo*
Findings and Recommendations for improvement of guidelines and indicators for financial sector entities to prevent and detect online fraud and money laundering in the online environment: Albania/ Bosnia and Herzegovina/ Montenegro/ North Macedonia/ Serbia/ Turkey/ Kosovo*

Resources

Digital Forensics Guide (available on the Octopus community upon registration)
Electronic Evidence Guide (available on the Octopus community upon registration)
Basic Course on the Search, Seizure and Confiscation of Online Crime Proceeds (available on the Octopus community upon registration)
Introductory training module on cybercrime, electronic evidence and online crime proceeds (available on the Octopus community upon registration)
Self-Guided Training Manual: Advanced Course on the Search, Seizure and Confiscation of Online Crime Proceeds (available on the Octopus community upon registration)
Template: Mutual Legal Assistance Request for subscriber information (Art. 31 Budapest Convention). Available in Albanian, Bosnian,
Macedonian, Montenegrin, Serbian and Turkish
Template: Data Preservation Request (Articles 29 and 30 Budapest Convention). Available in
Albanian, Bosnian, Macedonian, Montenegrin, Serbian
and Turkish

Guidelines

General guide and Explanatory Report on Protocols on interagency and international cooperation for investigations involving proceeds from crime online:

Albania: ENG/ ALB
Bosnia and Herzegovina: ENG/ BiH
Montenegro: ENG/ MNE
North Macedonia: ENG/ MKD
Serbia: ENG/ RS
Turkey: ENG/ TR
Kosovo*: ENG/ ALB

Activities

Back Council of Europe and Eurojust 2nd international conference: Darknet and online sexual violence against children

The second joint conference on cybercrime organized by Eurojust and the Council of Europe focuses on investigations of online sexual violence against children in the Darknet.

The event is gathering some 120 participants from countries supported by cybercrime capacity building projects of the European Union and the Council of Europe, as well as Eurojust National Members and representatives of international organizations, internet service providers, industry and civil society.

Over the course of two days, discussions will focus on the tools available to practitioners when dealing with cross-border cybercrime and collection of electronic evidence, as well as on strengthening international cooperation in this process.

More resources from the conference can be found on the event webpage.