United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime

Central America and the Caribbean

Webinars in Cybercrime Investigation for Prosecutors in Honduras

Honduras, 4 September 2020. The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime for Central America and the Caribbean (UNODC ROPAN) through the Global Programme on Cybercrime delivered a series of webinars on cybercrime investigation for Honduran prosecutors.

The objective of this two-week series of talks was to develop prosecutors’ skills to lead investigations and prosecute crimes that involve digital technologies.
The webinars were divided into three issue areas: a. Basic concepts of cybercrime and digital evidence, with a focus on the legal framework and due process; b. Cross-cutting aspects, e.g. Internet of Things, dark web and cryptocurrency; and, c. Hands-on skills, e.g. requesting assistance from foreign internet service providers, open-source intelligence techniques and tools, as well as cybersecurity measures to take when conducting an investigation in cyberspace.

Different topics were developed in the webinars, such as digital evidence, malicious software, cryptocurrency, international cooperation channels, organized cybercrime, and online child sexual abuse.

This activity has been made possible thanks to the funding from the Canadian and Norwegian governments to the UNODC Global Programme on Cybercrime.