Main session 3 – Cybercrime-as-a-service: impact of AI

  15 October 2026

  EN – FR – ES

  14h00 - 17h30 - CET+1

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    Hemicycle

Artificial intelligence is rapidly transforming the cybercrime ecosystem, lowering barriers to entry and amplifying the reach of crime-as-a-service models. From automated phishing and social engineering to AI-assisted malware, deepfake fraud, and large-scale scam operations, generative tools are enabling more sophisticated and scalable criminal services.

This session examines how AI is reshaping the structure, speed, and economics of cybercrime, and what this means for investigations, attribution, and international cooperation. Focusing on practical responses, participants will discuss how existing legal frameworks and investigative tools can be applied to AI-driven crime-as-a-service, where new gaps are emerging, and which operational and capacity-building measures can help disrupt these evolving business models.

Moderator and rapporteur
Claudio Peguero
Claudio Peguero Ambassador for Cyber Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs , DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
Givi Baghdavadze
Givi Baghdavadze Head of International Cooperation Unit, Office of the Prosecutor General of Georgia
Speakers
Fernanda Teixeira Domingos
Fernanda Teixeira Domingos Federal Prosecutor, Coordinator of the Advisory Group on cybercrime at the criminal chamber of the Federal Prosecution Service of Brazil
Marcos Salt
Marcos Salt Professor of Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure Law, Faculty of Law, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina
Maria Elvira Tejada de la Fuente
Maria Elvira Tejada de la Fuente Head of the Cybercrime Unit of the State Attorney General's Office of Spain
Oleksii Padenko
Oleksii Padenko Head pro tempore, Cyber Threat Intelligence Team, INTERPOL
Steven Masada
Steven Masada Global Head, Digital Crimes Unit, Microsoft

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