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Global computer viruses, the spread of child
pornography and even terrorist activities are a few examples of
the many new, borderless Internet crimes that have become
dangerous and difficult to police. With the advancement of digital
technology in recent years, a new breed of criminals has emerged,
leaving governments, businesses and individuals exposed to these
hazards.
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Dr. César Gaviria,
Secretario General de la Organización de los Estados Americanos
Los delitos cibernéticos son por esencia delitos internacionales que plantean
grandes retos legales, tecnológico, de especialización,
capacitación, asistencia y cooperación entre los Estados.
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Recomendaciones: Grupo de Expertos Gubernamentales
La
OEA avanza en la consolidación de un sistema integral de
información sobre los desarrollos dados en materia de combate
contra el delito cibernético
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Recommendations: Group of Governmental Experts
"...States incorporate specific materials on cyber-crime and the
handling of electronic evidence in general into their training
programs, directed to judges, prosecutors and law enforcement
officials and that the Member States of the
OAS and Permanent Observers to this Organization provide the
broadest mutual technical assistance and cooperation among
themselves."
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by Jorge García-Gonzalez, OAS Secretariat for Legal Affairs
Technical Secretariat for Legal Cooperation Mechanisms
Third Meeting of the Government Experts on Cyber Crime
June 23 and 24, 2003
Washington D.C.
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OAS Inter-American Agency for Cooperation and Development looking
for ways to increase educational opportunities
“In one of the most noteworthy successes in the history of OAS
development programs, the online
Educational Portal of the Americas
set a record of over 60 million visits in the first eighteen
months of it existence. The Portal, an innovation of the OAS’
development arm, the
Inter-American Agency for Cooperation and
Development (IACD),
fulfills the essence of the development mission of a regional
international organization: to bring the best of development
programs to the widest possible hemispheric audience at the lowest
possible cost. In this case, the Portal brings the latest
opportunities for quality distance learning to smaller cities and
rural areas of the Americas which are otherwise underserved.
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full text)
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Readers' Corner |
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Free Trade of the Americas: The Road Ahead
by Ivani Vassoler,
Professor of Latin American Politics at the State University of
New York and international journalist
"...the prospects of a more substantial economic partnership
between North and South America became apparently more real with
the arrival of George W. Bush at the White House, as the president
made Latin America one of his foreign policy priorities. "
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