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Support to internet governance events in Ukraine

As a part of the Cybercrime@EAP III project devoted to public-private cooperation on cybercrime and electronic evidence, the Cybercrime Programme Office of the Council of Europe (C-PROC) supported the annual Internet industry meetings in Kyiv, Ukraine, by contributing its expertise on strategic approach cybercrime and security, protection of children from online abuse, and data protection concerns in criminal investigations.

During the Internet Governance Forum Ukraine (IGF-UA 2017) on 6 October 2017, the experts of the Council of Europe delivered presentations and took part in discussions related to issues of cybersecurity and cybercrime strategies, regulatory framework for cybersecurity operations and cooperation, public-private cooperation in the context of preventing child sexual abuse online an protection of critical infrastructure, and data protection challenges in the context of retention of data for criminal justice purposes. This contribution on a wide range of topics related to cybercrime was preceded by discussion with youth and NGO representatives in Kyiv during the Youth IGF-UA Pro on 5 October, on the topic of standards and action of the Council of Europe in cybercrime and electronic evidence.

The support to these industry platforms for cooperation and discussion is an opportunity to support and publicize efforts of the Cybercrime Programme Office aimed at agreement and conclusion of the memorandum of cooperation between law enforcement and Internet service providers of Ukraine.

Cybercrime@EAP III project page

Kyiv 10 October 2017
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Efficient international cooperation, including expeditious mutual legal assistance is one of the most important conditions for effective measures against cybercrime and other offences involving electronic evidence given the transnational and volatile nature of electronic evidence. In practice, however, procedures are considered too complex, lengthy and resource intensive, and thus too inefficient. This is also true for the countries participating in the Eastern Partnership.

According to information available, police and judicial authorities in the six EaP countries:

  • typically request traffic and subscriber data via 24/7 points of contact, police-to-police cooperation, mutual legal assistance or directly from multi-national service providers. Content is rarely requested given the complexity of the procedures;
  • mostly send requests but increasingly also receive requests from abroad;
  • send/receive requests primarily related to fraud as well as organised crime. Increasingly they also cover offences against computer data and systems.

The six EaP countries are considered important sources and targets of cybercrime (and thus are of major concern for member states of the European Union and the Council of Europe), but the level of international co-operation on cybercrime and electronic evidence is extremely limited and very few requests for mutual legal assistance related to electronic evidence are sent or received.

Specific objective:  to enable efficient regional and international co-operation on cybercrime and electronic evidence

Indicators:

  • authorities responsible for mutual legal assistance have their capacities enhanced with regard to cybercrime and electronic evidence;
  • the effectiveness of 24/7 points of contact will be enhanced;
  • draft amendments to rules and procedures on mutual legal assistance will be available for adoption.