United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime

Central America and the Caribbean

Training in cybercrime for judicial officials in Panama

Panama, May 13, 2020. The Project Consolidation of Criminal Procedure Reform in Panama of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime for Central America and the Caribbean (UNODC ROPAN) conducted training on the identification of traditional crime in cyberspace and the scope of cybercrime.

Ten victims’ defenders, ten public defenders, and eight judges participated in this training. They strengthened their capacities on topics such as characteristics of cyberspace, differences between computer crime and cybercrime, and identification of technological platforms used for illicit trade and other crimes.

This educational activity was given by Mike Toro, a cyber criminologist from the Center for Cybercrime and Cybersecurity Research of Colombia.