Education for Justice: Countering cybercrime, creating prosperity

UNODC’s work is traditionally focussed upon building the investigative, prosecutorial and adjudication capacity of those operating within the Criminal Justice Process. This can come with challenges, such as within the thematic area of cybercrime where the lack of an agreed international definition of the concept, a series of broadly differing legislative responses, and significant investigative capability gaps globally – among others – all present unique difficulties. UNODC began its Global Programme on Cybercrime in 2013, following Resolution 22/8 of the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice. Focussing upon building the capabilities of those in the global South, the work is varied: in some instances, this means developing a legislative framework; in others, the focus is on building the capabilities of law enforcement officers to investigate cyber-dependent offences, such as DDOS attacks on a website, or on cyber-enabled offences like the online grooming of a child for the purposes of sexual exploitation and abuse.

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