Introduction: Gathering Electronic Evidence and Cooperation with Service Providers in the Digital Era - A Jigsaw Puzzle of Technological and Legal Challenges
Franssen, Vanessa; Tosza, Stanislaw
2025 • In Franssen, Vanessa; Tosza, Stanislaw (Eds.) The Cambridge Handbook of Digital Evidence in Criminal Investigtations
digital evidence; technological challenges; ICTs and online services; EU and international legal framework; criminal investigations; cooperation with service providers
Abstract :
[en] The introductory chapter sketches the main technological and legal challenges LEAs face in criminal investigations when seeking to collect electronic evidence in the digital era. It gives an overview of the relevant legal framework at EU, Council of Europe, and international level, including recent developments such as the e-Evidence Regulation and the Second Additional Protocol to the Cybercrime Convention, and identifies some missing pieces of the puzzle. Next, the chapter explains the main research objectives of this handbook, before presenting its overall structure and introducing the subsequent chapters.
Research Center/Unit :
Cité - ULiège
Disciplines :
Criminal law & procedure European & international law
Author, co-author :
Franssen, Vanessa ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de droit > Droit pénal et procédure pénale
Tosza, Stanislaw; Unilu - University of Luxembourg
Language :
English
Title :
Introduction: Gathering Electronic Evidence and Cooperation with Service Providers in the Digital Era - A Jigsaw Puzzle of Technological and Legal Challenges
Publication date :
08 January 2025
Main work title :
The Cambridge Handbook of Digital Evidence in Criminal Investigtations
Author, co-author :
Franssen, Vanessa ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de droit > Droit pénal et procédure pénale ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Cité
Tosza, Stanislaw; Unilu - Université du Luxembourg
Publisher :
Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN/EAN :
9781009049771
Collection name :
Cambridge Law Handbooks
Pages :
1-10
Peer reviewed :
Editorial reviewed
Name of the research project :
The cooperation of ICT companies in criminal investigations Cross-border gathering of digital evidence: Mutual legal assistance, its shortcomings and remedies
Funders :
F.R.S.-FNRS - Fund for Scientific Research Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions ULiège - University of Liège
Funding number :
CDR J.0293.17; postdoctoral grant BeIPD-COFUND
Funding text :
This book publication is the outcome of two converging project. The first project, entitled “The cooperation of ICT companies in criminal investigations”, was funded by the F.R.S.-FNRS (research grant CDR J.0293.17) and the University of Liège with Vanessa Franssen as the Principle Investigator. The second research project, entitled “Cross-border gathering of digital evidence: Mutual legal assistance, its shortcomings and remedies”, was co-funded by the European Commission (Marie Curie, FP7 people funding) and the University of Liège (postdoctoral grant BeIPD-COFUND) with Stanisław Tosza as the Principle Investigator.
