What Conducts Does the European Convention on Cybercrime Criminalize?
IBLS Editorial Department Monday, January 26, 2009 The European Union (EU) member states signed the European Convention on Cybercrime (Cybercrime Convention) in 2001. It goal is to combat cybercrime among member states by harmonizing legislation, facilitating investigation and prosecution at both the domestic and international level, and providing the means for fast and reliable cooperation. The EU sought the need to protect confidentiality, computer systems, networks and computer data, and prevent the misuse of these systems and data by criminalizing computer-related conducts such as fraud and forgery, data and system interference, misuse of electronic devises, illegal content material involving children, and illegal access. The Cybercrime Convention orders member states to criminalize within their domestic legislation, fourth specific types of conducts. The EU Cybercrime Convention, chapter II, directs member states to criminalize within their domestic legislations (1) “offences agai
