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Quintet discuss international cybercrime co-operation

08 August 2019
Issue: 7852 / Categories: Legal News , Criminal , Data protection , Technology
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Five Attorneys General from the UK, USA, Canada, Australia and New Zealand have stepped up their agreement to cooperate in the fight against cybercrime.

The quintet, who meet annually, signed a statement in London last week reaffirming their support of the Council of Europe Convention on Cybercrime, also known as the Budapest Convention, as a strong, legally-binding framework.

They also pledged support for the Intergovernmental Expert Group on Cybercrime (IEG), a United Nations forum for experts in the field, which is due to make recommendations on solutions to the issue to the UN Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice in 2021. Other issues discussed at the meeting included corporate criminal liability, sentencing frameworks, hostile state activity, social media and data privacy issues and the use of artificial intelligence to improve efficiency in the legal system.

UK Attorney General, Geoffrey Cox QC said: ‘International cooperation is vital.’

Issue: 7852 / Categories: Legal News , Criminal , Data protection , Technology
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