In recent decades, the digital world has undergone rapid
development. Information and communication technologies simplify
everyday actions and tasks. However, technological progress is also
accompanied by increasing crime in the context of digital means,
with the result that national regulations were resp. are partly no
longer sufficient.
In order to remedy this situation, the Council of Europe drafted
the Cybercrime Convention. It came into force on 1st of July in
2004, more than 60 countries are currently parties to the
Convention, including the United States, Canada, Japan, Australia,
Germany, France, Switzerland, Austria and Liechtenstein.
The Cybercrime Convention is the first international convention
providing a legal framework in order to combat crimes committed via
internet or other computer networks.
