OAS Publishes Report and Recommendations on the Enforcement of Cyber crime (VIA)

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Monday, May 1, 2000
Author: 
Bruce Zagaris
Volume: 
16
Issue: 
5
735
Abstract: 
On October 28, 1999, the Permanent Council of the Organization of American States received and published the final report on the meetings of government experts on cyber crime that contain a series of recommendations on international enforcement and efforts to harmonize the law on combating and preventing cyber crime. In March 1999, the Ministers of Justice or of Ministers or Attorneys General of the Americas, at its second meeting, recommended the establishment of an intergovernmental experts group on cyber crime to (1) complete a diagnosis of crime targeting computers and information in the member states; (2) complete a diagnosis of national legislation, policies, and practices responsive to such crime; (3) identify national and international entities with relevant expertise; and (4) identify mechanisms of cooperation within the inter-American system to combat cyber crime…[more]