87/2020: E-evidence/counter-terrorism

The objectives of the training are:

• To understand the opportunities, limitations and dilemmas of open source (internet-based) investigations and e-evidence to prosecute terrorist;
• To improve the use and exchange of electronic evidence in investigation and prosecution of terrorism and relevancy and admissibility of such evidence;
• To familiarise law enforcement officials with Europol’s toolkit/ capabilities (e.g. SIRIUS) and the use of shared tailor made tools on internet investigations;
• To make clear how information and electronic evidence can be classified according to the Budapest Convention on Cybercrime and how to handle and present to a case “e-evidence”; and
• To provide insight on block-chain technology and crypto-currencies and to raise awareness about encryption types/technologies commonly used among terrorist groups and their use of Dark Net.