holding of regional programmes in order to address the common difficulties faced in the
areas covered by the Secretariat's mandates (including economic and financial crime,
international co-operation, anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism),
followed up by national programmes tailored to the particular challenges of one jurisdiction.
This approach has enabled the Secretariat and member countries to build relationships with
partners across national borders and encourage networking; the Secretariat has supported
the formation and continued activities of bodies such as the Pacific Prosecutors Association
and the Caribbean Prosecutors Association.
3.10 The challenges presented by electronic evidence and cybercrime have been the
subject of papers and discussion at those bodies' conferences and at other workshops
organised in collaboration with national governments. For instance, the Pacific Prosecution
Conference held in Samoa in May/June 2010 had ‘The Impact of Technology on the
Commission, Detection and Prosecution of Crime’ as its main focus. In collaboration with the
Governments of Bermuda and Maldives respectively, the Secretariat organised Hi Tec Crime
training workshops for Commonwealth Caribbean member countries45 in August 2009 and in
the Maldives in June 2010. In each case, the delivery of training was undertaken by the
Global Prosecutors E-Crime Network (GPEN) of the International Association of Prosecutors
(IAP).
3.11 A number of the international organisations already mentioned in Part 2 of this report
have considerable experience in the provision of training courses and some courses have
been developed at a national level in countries which have been dealing with cybercrime and
electronic evidence for many years. It would be possible to create a programme that will take
advantage of such courses and also address gaps in provision.
Other resources
Council of Europe
3.12 Among the resources provided by the Council of Europe are Cybercrime training for
judges and prosecutors: a concept (2009) (the purpose of the concept is to help judicial
training institutions develop training programmes on cybercrime and electronic evidence for
judges and prosecutors and to integrate such training in regular initial and in-service training,
i.e., to institutionalise it); Training manual on cybercrime for judges (2010) (this provisional
training manual is designed to provide the material for an introductory training course, which
should last for a minimum of two days); and Electronic Evidence Guide (2013) (this guide
provides advice and guidance for all criminal justice actors on dealing with electronic
evidence).
3.13 Within the joint European Union and the Council of Europe regional project
CyberCrime@IPA, more specific training materials have been developed aimed at
implementing the Concept Paper, Training on Cybercrime and Electronic Evidence. There
are also Council of Europe training programmes for criminal justice actors, for example a
First Responder course, an Introductory cybercrime and electronic evidence course, and an
Advanced cybercrime and electronic evidence course; a 3-day introductory training course
for judges and prosecutors – consisting of a full training pack that may be adapted for use in
country (2012); a 2-day scenario based interactive training course for judges and
prosecutors – consisting of a full training pack that may be adapted for use in country (2012);
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Anguilla, Antigua, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, British Virgin Islands, Dominica, Guyana, Jamaica, Montserrat,
St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands
and Cayman Islands.
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