Technical Workshops Following the Fifth Meeting

At its fifth meeting, held on November 19 and 20, 2007, the Working Group on Cyber-crime, one of the REMJA working groups, recommended that training be provided to strengthen the capacity of OAS member states with respect to the continued development of legislation and procedural measures related to cyber-crime and electronic evidence, and the investigation and prosecution of cyber-crimes.

Pursuant to this recommendation, two Regional Technical Workshops focused on the drafting of cyber-crime legislation were organized and held in 2008. The first, which took place in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago and funded by the United States, targeted OAS Caribbean member states. The second workshop, which was directed toward OAS Latin American member states, took place in Bogotá, Colombia, and was made possible thanks to the joint efforts of the Colombian Ministry of External Relations, the General Secretariat of the OAS, the U.S. Department of Justice, and the Council of Europe by Colombia and funded by the Council of Europe and the United States, was directed toward OAS Latin American member states.