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BRUSSELS, Sept 25 (KUNA) -- Europol and Interpol have held their first
joint Cybercrime Conference with the aim of enhancing international
cooperation to tackle existing and future challenges in policing cyberspace.
Over 250 professionals attended the two-day conference on September 24 and
25 at the Europol headquarters in The Hague, said Europol in a statement
Wednesday night.
Participants from 42 countries, representing over 80 different
organisations, came mainly from law enforcement authorities but also included
cyber professionals from NGOs, the private industry and academia.
Over the two days 50 speakers from a variety of backgrounds examined
opportunities for improving cooperation between police cyber departments
around the world.
"In a borderless cyberspace, criminals actively cooperate by sharing their
tools and methods, including how best to hide from police," said Troels
Oerting, Head of the European Cybercrime Centre.
At the end of the conference, a set of conclusions were agreed upon which
included the establishment of a global cyber community consisting of a single
virtual environment for all experts and investment in advanced technology to
handle large quantities of data.
Rob Wainwright, Director of Europol, commented: "Cybercrime is the best
example of the globalisation of crime, which is why it is so important that
national cybercrime units make use of the services we offer."
The annual Europol-Interpol Cybercrime Conference is an innovative joint
initiative to be held alternately in The Hague and Singapore, where the new
Interpol Global Complex for Innovation (IGCI) complex is currently being
built.
Executive Director of IGCI, Noboru Nakatani, said "cybercrime is a truly a
transnational crime, it requires global solutions based on universal values.
No nation, no international organisation, can solve this problem on its own;
we need a global alliance to fight cybercrime." (end)
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