BitE Nations CONF 18 Tenth Distr general United Nations Congress 3 February 2000 CM on the prevention of crime Original: english and the treatment of Offenders Vienna, 10-17 April 2000 Item 5 of the provisional agenda Effective crime prevention: keeping pace with new developments Crimes related to computer networks Background paper for the workshop on crimes related to the computer network ummary Effectively preventing and combating cyber crime requires a coordinated international approach at different levels. At the domestic level, the investigation of cyber crime requires adequate staff, expertise and procedures. States are encouraged to consider mechanisms that enable the timely and accurate securing of data from computer systems and networks, should data be required as evidence in legal proceedings. At the international level, investigating cyber crime requires timely action, facilitated by coordination between national law enforcement agencies and the enactment of appropriate legal authority n addition to and in support of the international initiatives already taken, the present paper considers the means for the exchange of technical and forensic expertise between national law enforcement authorities as well as the need for international deliberations on present and future legal measures for international cooperation in the investigation of cy ber crime A/CONF 187/ 99-90954(E)* A/CONF.187/1. V.99-90954 (E) United Nations A/CONF.187/10 Tenth United Nations Congress on the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders Vienna, 10-17 April 2000 Distr.: General 3 February 2000 Original: English Item 5 of the provisional agenda* Effective crime prevention: keeping pace with new developments Crimes related to computer networks Background paper for the workshop on crimes related to the computer network Summary Effectively preventing and combating cyber crime requires a coordinated international approach at different levels. At the domestic level, the investigation of cyber crime requires adequate staff, expertise and procedures. States are encouraged to consider mechanisms that enable the timely and accurate securing of data from computer systems and networks, should data be required as evidence in legal proceedings. At the international level, investigating cyber crime requires timely action, facilitated by coordination between national law enforcement agencies and the enactment of appropriate legal authority. In addition to and in support of the international initiatives already taken, the present paper considers the means for the exchange of technical and forensic expertise between national law enforcement authorities, as well as the need for international deliberations on present and future legal measures for international cooperation in the investigation of cyber crime