HIPCAR – Cybercrime/e-Crimes Acknowledgements The present document represents an achievement of the regional activities carried out under the HIPCAR project “Enhancing Competiveness in the Caribbean through the Harmonization of ICT Policies, Legislation and Regulatory Procedures”, officially launched in Grenada in December 2008. In response to both the challenges and the opportunities from information and communication technologies’ (ICTs) contribution to political, social, economic and environmental development, the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and the European Commission (EC) joined forces and signed an agreement aimed at providing “Support for the Establishment of Harmonized Policies for the ICT market in the ACP”, as a component of the programme “ACP-Information and Communication Technologies (@CP-ICT)” within the framework of the 9th European Development Fund (EDF), i.e., ITU-EC-ACP project. This global ITU-EC-ACP project is being implemented through three separate sub-projects customized to the specific needs of each region: the Caribbean (HIPCAR), sub-Saharan Africa (HIPSSA) and the Pacific Island Countries (ICB4PAC). The HIPCAR Steering Committee – chaired by the Caribbean Telecommunications Union (CTU) – provided guidance and support to a team of consultants, including Dr. Marco Gercke and Ms. Pricilla Banner. The draft document was then reviewed, discussed and adopted by broad consensus by participants at two consultation workshops for the HIPCAR Working Group on Information Society Issues, held in Saint Lucia on 8-12 March 2010 and in Saint Kitts and Nevis on 19 – 22 July 2010 (see Annexes). The explanatory notes to the model legislative text in this document were prepared by Dr. Marco Gercke addressing, inter alia, the points raised at the second workshop. ITU would like to especially thank the workshop delegates from the Caribbean ICT and telecommunications ministries, representatives from the ministries of justice and legal affairs and other public sector bodies, regulators, academia, civil society, operators, and regional organizations, for their hard work and commitment in producing the contents of this report. This broad base of public sector participation representing different sectors allowed the project to benefit from a cross-section of views and interests. The contributions from the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat and the Caribbean Telecommunications Union (CTU) are also gratefully acknowledged. Without the active involvement of all of these stakeholders, it would have been impossible to produce a document such as this, reflecting the overall requirements and conditions of the Caribbean region while also representing international best practice. The activities have been implemented by Ms Kerstin Ludwig, responsible for the coordination of activities in the Caribbean (HIPCAR Project Coordinator), and Mr Sandro Bazzanella, responsible for the management of the whole project covering sub-Saharan Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific (ITU-EC-ACP Project Manager) with the overall support of Ms Nicole Darmanie, HIPCAR Project Assistant, and of Ms Silvia Villar, ITU-EC-ACP Project Assistant. The work was carried under the overall direction of Mr Cosmas Zavazava, Chief, Project Support and Knowledge Management (PKM) Department. The document has further benefited from comments of the ITU Telecommunication Development Bureau’s (BDT) ICT Applications and Cybersecurity Division (CYB). Support was provided by Mr. Philip Cross, ITU Area Representative for the Caribbean. The team at ITU’s Publication Composition Service was responsible for its publication. > Model Policy Guidelines & Legislative Text v