Electronic Tools

Criminal Matters Network

  • The NETWORK is a set of electronic tools designed to facilitate and streamline cooperation and information exchange among central authorities, international legal cooperation authorities, and other government experts responsible for mutual assistance in criminal matters and extradition in the OAS member states

The Public Component

  • The Public Component is a free virtual library providing legal information on mutual assistance in criminal matters and extradition in the OAS member states.

The Private Component

  • The Private Component is an Internet site, which is password protected and contains information exclusively of interest to the central authorities, international legal cooperation authorities, and other government experts responsible for mutual assistance in criminal matters and extradition in the OAS member states.

The Secure Electronic Communication System

  • The Secure Electronic Communication System is software that facilitates information exchange through secure communication applications, such as instantaneous e-mail, workspaces, virtual meetings, and document exchange among geographically dispersed groups through public networks.

Secure videoconferencing system via Internet

  • Software that facilitates the secure exchange of audio and video in real time over the Internet.

Electronic forms on mutual legal assistance

Dictionary of legal terms commonly used in mutual legal assistance and extradition

Inter-American Cooperation Portal on Cyber-Crime 

  • Website created primarily to facilitate and streamline cooperation and information exchange among government experts from OAS member states with responsibilities in the area of cybercrime or in international cooperation for its investigation and prosecution.

Inter-American Network of Legal Cooperation and Mutual Assistance in Family and Child Law