Abbreviations & Acronyms
ACHPR
African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights
EAC
East African Community
ACHR
American Convention on Human Rights
EaP
EU Eastern Partnership
AI
Artificial Intelligence
EC3
European Cybercrime Centre
ALADI
Asociación Latinoamericana de Integración
ECHR
European Convention on Human Rights
AML
Anti-money Laundering
ECJ
European Court of Justice
AP-CERT
Asia Pacific Computer Emergency Response Team
ECtHR
European Court of Human Rights
APEC
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation
ECOWAS
Economic Community of West African States
ASEAN
Association of Southeast Asian Nations
ECTF
US Secret Service Electronic Crimes Task Force
ATM
Automated Teller Machine
EJN
European Judicial Network
BEC
Business Email Compromise
ENISA
European Network and Information Security Agency
CCI
Commonwealth Cybercrime Initiative
EU
European Union
CCIPS
Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section
EUISS
EU Institute for Security Studies
CCPCJ
Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal
Justice
EUROJUST
EU Judicial Cooperation Unit
EUROPOL
European Police Office
CERT
Computer Emergency Response Team (or
Computer Emergency Readiness Team)
FBI
US Federal Bureau of Investigation
CETS
Child Exploitation Tracking System
FOI
Freedom of Information
CFTT
Computer Forensics Tool Testing
G8
Group of Eight
CIRT
Computer Incidence Response Team
GCA
ITU Global Cybersecurity Agenda
CIS
Commonwealth of Independent States
GCI
ITU Global Cybersecurity Index
CJEU
Court of Justice of the European Union
GCSCC
Global Cyber Security Capacity Centre (Oxford
University’s Martin School)
COMESA
Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa
GLACY
Global Action on Cybercrime (CoE & EU)
CoE
Council of Europe
GLACY+
COMSEC
Commonwealth Secretariat
Global Action on Cybercrime Extended (CoE &
EU)
cPPP
Contractual Public-Private Partnership
GPEN
Global Prosecutors E-crime Network
C-PROC
CoE Cybercrime Programme Office
GPS
Global Positioning System
CSIRT
Computer Security Incident Response Team
HIPCAR
CSIS
Center for Strategic and International Studies
Harmonization of ICT Policies, Legislation and
Regulatory Procedures in the Caribbean
CTO
Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation
HIPSSA
Harmonization of ICT Policies in Sub-saharan Africa
DC3
US Defense Cyber Crime Center
IADB
Inter-American Development Bank
DDBMS
Distributed Database Management System
IAP
International Association of Prosecutors
DDoS
Distributed Denial of Service
IAPL
International Association of Penal Law
DEA
US Drug Enforcement Agency
IBRD
DHS
US Department of Homeland Security
International Bank for Reconstruction and
Development
DNS
Domain Name System
IC3
Internet Crime Complaint Center
DoD
US Department of Defense
ICB4PAC
Information and Communications Capacity
Building for Pacific Island Countries
DoJ
US Department of Justice
ICCPR
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
DoS
Denial of Service
ICT
Information and Communication Technology
E2EE
End-to-end Encryption
IDCC
INTERPOL Digital Crime Centre