Fighting Cybercrime

Aimable Havugiyaremye, Prosecutor General, Rwanda with Hon. Counsel Hamada El Sawi, Prosecutor General of the Arab Republic of Egypt, President of the African Prosecutors Association (APA) and the AGA-Africa representative, workshop dignitaries, speakers and participants during the Human Trafficking Workshop that took place between 3rd - 5th December 2019 in Kigali, Rwanda.

Fighting Cybercrime

AGA-Africa works with stakeholders engaged in tackling cybercrime, to build and strengthen internal capacity. AGA-Africa strives to promote awareness on the dangers of cybercrime in addition to facilitating workshops focused on the investigation and prosecution of cybercrimes.

“Cybercrime is a fast-growing area of crime. More and more criminals are exploiting the speed, convenience and anonymity of the Internet to commit a diverse range of criminal activities that know no borders, either physical or virtual, cause serious harm and pose very real threats to victims worldwide.” – Interpol

HOW AGA-AFRICA WORKS WITH YOU

 Organizes operational and investigative capacity building workshops.  Facilitates expert addresses on digital forensics.  Supports for cybercrime awareness seminars and forums.  Broadly shares anti-cybercrime best practices and tools.  Promotes international collaboration

Commander Abebe Muluneh, Director of IGAD SSP with Nejat A. Issa, IGAD SSP CTCB-PO and workshop speakers and participants in Uganda during the Cybercrime/Digital Evidence for Counter Terrorism Investigations and Prosecutions that took place between 3rd -7th December, 2019 in Entebbe, Uganda..

2019 witnessed robust engagements on this emerging subject matter:

1. Workshop on Virtual Currency Investigation on 8th – 10th April, 2019 in Lusaka, Zambia 2. Workshop on Virtual Currency Investigation 11th April, 2019 in Lusaka, Zambia 3. Workshop Virtual Currency Investigation on 14th - 16th May 2019 in Lusaka, Zambia 4. Workshop on Cybercrime and Electronic Evidence on 27th and 28th May, 2019 in Accra, Ghana 5. Workshop Cybercrime and Electronic Evidence on 4th to 6th September, 2019 in Nairobi, Kenya 6. Workshop Oral Advocacy and Electronic Evidence on October 2019 Abuja, Nigeria 7. Workshop on Forensic Evidence, Electronic Evidence, Cybercrime and Data Protection on 24th – 25th October, 2019 in Kampala, Uganda 8. 24th East Africa Law Society Annual Conference on 6th - 8th November 2019 in Kigali, Rwanda 9. Workshop on Human Trafficking and Electronic Evidence on 11th – 13th November, 2019 in Nairobi,

Kenya 10. Workshop on Gender-Based Violence and Cybercrime on 19th – 22nd November 2019,

Johannesburg, South Africa 11. Workshop: Cybercrime/Digital Evidence for Counter Terrorism Investigations and Prosecutions, 3rd -7th December, 2019, Entebbe, Uganda