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.
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
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.
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