IAPwww.iap-association.org

Global Prosecutors E-Crime Networkinfo@iap-association.org

@iaprosecutorsEnabling an international, knowledge led,

co-ordinated approach to prosecuting cybercrime

International Association of Prosecutors• The only world wide association of prosecutors• Non- governmental, non-political organisation • Established in 1995 and has more than 172

organizational members from over 171 different countries, representing every continent, as well as many individual members.

IAP Objectives • Promote effective, fair, impartial and efficient

prosecution of criminal offences• Upholding standards of integrity, Human Rights and

the Rule of Law• Promote international cooperation between

prosecutors• Promoting good practice and good relations

between individual prosecutors, agencies and international judical organisations

GPEN• GPEN is a virtual network of specialist e-crime

prosecutors • Supervised by a Committee within the IAP .• Hosted by the IAP on the IAP website.• Each IAP member country is invited to register one

or more e-crime prosecutor as GPEN contact point• GPEN encourages enhanced international

cooperation on e-crime between jurisdictions

GPEN (2)• Enables all jurisdictions to develop a coordinated

approach to access information and training and create methods for dealing with e-crime

• Reduces duplication of training (material) and realise significant cost savings

• Encourage the sharing of best practice and dissemination of lessons learnt

• Improve the exchange of crucial information and data quickly and efficiently.

GPEN (3)• Provide a contacts database of fellow e-crime

prosecutors around the world• Provide a discussion forum (message/chat board)

for the exchange of queries and advice• Provide a library collection of e-crime material:

national legislation and legal guidance• Create a virtual Global E-Crime Prosecutors’

College, containing a database of e-crime training courses and presentations

.

First Formal GPEN Board Meeting in Bahrain February 2010

GPEN’s Committee • Han Moraal, National Member at Eurojust, The

Netherlands, GPEN Chair• Dr Ali Fadhul Al Buainain, Attorney General, Kingdom of

Bahrain• Cheol-Kyu Hwang, Chief Prosecutor, Seoul, South KoreaAssisted by :• Edith Van Den Broeck, Senior Legal Adviser• Esther George, GPEN Lead Cybercrime Consultant and

former Senior Prosecutor & Policy Advisor, CPS, UK

IAP homepagefor PC and tablet view

Responsive design and displays on a wide range of smartphones

Homepage smartphone view showing panel

Smartphone view makes use of design techniques such as for the menu and clickable page elements that save space

GPEN home page for logged in user, largely

dynamic content

GPEN’s Forum

GPEN Events Listing

GPEN Learning Centrethree levels of training

and interactive cybercrime training

GPEN Library

Cybercrime and

Hacking sections –the library continues to grow

2014-15 – first 4 webinars

Since 2015 we have run a webinar every

month

Webinars are having a big impact–

Pakistan - 28 prosecutors joining a

GPEN webinarMauritius – regularly over 20 prosecutors

South Africa – several smaller groups

Scotland –Cybercrime agency

Lichtenstein –Cybercrime agency

GPEN Newsletters –Global Influencer interview is a key insight into the people who are

driving the prosecution of

cybercrimeforward.All past

newsletters can be seen

on the website.

GPEN Forum

IAP twitter feed –we have over 2300 followers worldwide

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Regional Training 15-17Bahrain May 2015First GPEN training with the Government of Bahrain and representatives from other Gulf Cooperation Council countries

West Africa– Training in Nigeria in conjunction with ECOWAS and Council of Europe early May 2016

East Africa – Training in Mauritius in conjunction with Council of Europe and Mauritius Government - July 2017

Central Asia and Eastern Europe –Training in Azerbaijan in conjunction with the Council of Europe and the Azerbaijan government -October 2017

South Pacific –February 2016, joint training in Tonga with the Government of Tonga, Commonwealth Secretariat and the Council of Europe

March 2018, Indonesia

Regional Sustainable Training 18-20

• Training the trainers’ workshops• Bringing regional communities together to aid

cooperation across borders• Cooperation with stakeholder partners• Other agencies including the Council of Europe,

Commonwealth Secretariat, UNODC, and relevant regional and local authorities and organisations will be invited to participate.

GPENGlobal Prosecutors E-Crime Network

www.iap-association.org/GPEN@iaprosecutors

Enabling an international, knowledge led, co-ordinated approach to prosecuting

cybercrime