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Representatives of countries from the Americas and Europe will examine the issue of cybercrime, during a conference December 12-13 in Madrid, organized by the Council of Europe and the government of Spain, in cooperation with the Organization of American States (OAS).
“Cybercrime: A global challenge, a global response” is the theme of the seminar, which will be inaugurated Monday by the Minister of Justice of Spain, Juan Fernando López Aguilar. Guy De Vel, Director General of Legal Affairs of the Council of Europe, and Jorge García González, Director of the OAS Office of Legal Cooperation, will also participate in the opening.
The conference will analyze aspects of the Council of Europe Convention on Cybercrime, adopted in 2001, so that OAS member states can evaluate the possibility of acceding to the treaty. Participants will include representatives of foreign ministries, ministries of justice and offices of attorneys general, among other government entities.
Within the framework of the OAS, the problem of electronic networks being used for criminal activity has been addressed by the Group of Government Experts on Cyber Crime. There is no inter-American treaty on this issue, but the Council of Europe Convention on Cybercrime is open to the participation of all countries, García González explained.
“This treaty was negotiated over the course of several years, due to the complexity of the topic, and is considered very advanced and comprehensive on the issue of cybercrime,” he said. He added that the Fifth Meeting of Ministers of Justice and Attorneys General of the Americas, which took place in April 2004, recommended that the OAS member states consider the possibility of acceding to the Council of Europe Convention.
The conference in Spain marks the first time that representatives of the two organizations have met to examine the issue. Representatives of the Council of Europe, an organization that encompasses 46 countries, are also expected to attend the next meeting of the OAS Group of Government Experts on Cyber Crime, scheduled to take place next February in Washington.
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