MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The Convention on Cybercrime was adopted on November 23, 2001 to coordinate international efforts to counter the threat of crimes committed via the Internet worldwide. A total of 67 states have signed, ratified or been invited to accede the treaty to date.
Opening speech by @TJagland at the @coe Octopus #Conference on #Cybercrime https://t.co/2ePdK3uFId pic.twitter.com/lNn1LBiGED
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"The 15th anniversary of the Budapest Budapest Convention is a turning point, in that the Convention is now reaching out into the ‘clouds’," Jagland said at the 2016 Octopus conference, as quoted in the CoE statement.
The Budapest Convention remains the crucial treaty, serving a framework for international efforts to fight cybercrime and electronic evidence, due to the so-called "dynamic triangle," comprising the Convention, the Committee and capacity building, Jagland stressed.
The Octopus conference, held from November 16 to November 18 in Strasbourg, France is expected to be focused on the issue of crime and jurisdiction in cyberspace in the light of the relevant problem of storing information on servers in various jurisdictions, which hinders the search for the electronic evidence of cybercrimes.
