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Tanzanian Cyber Crime Specialists Attend U.S.-sponsored Workshop in Nairobi
Four cyber crime specialists from Tanzania are participating in a "Cybercrime Legislation and Capacity Building Workshop" sponsored by the American people this week in Nairobi, Kenya, with other participants from eastern and southern Africa.
According to U.S. Embassy spokesperson Jeffery A. Salaiz, the goal of this workshop is to support participating countries' efforts to develop laws and procedures that will improve their ability to investigate and prosecute crimes involving computers and the Internet.
Delegations from each participating country will present reports on their home country's laws related to cybercrime and electronic evidence. The participants will benefit from expertise of prosecutors from the U.S. Department of Justice's Cybercrime and Intellectual Property Section and subject-matter experts from Africa.
The three-week invitation comes at a time when police statistics show that cyber crime has increased from 351 cases last year to 383 this year. Another group of 12 government officials will leave tomorrow for Seoul, for capacity building course on Public Sector Management.
According to Korea International Co-operation Agency (KOICA) Training Co-ordinator, Ms Judith Sassi, the training would be a good opportunity for the crime busters to build capacity.
Todate, there are more than 400 Tanzanians, who have participated in such programmes out of which 43 were offered scholarship for Master's programme
Four cyber crime specialists from Tanzania are participating in a "Cybercrime Legislation and Capacity Building Workshop" sponsored by the American people this week in Nairobi, Kenya, with other participants from eastern and southern Africa.
According to U.S. Embassy spokesperson Jeffery A. Salaiz, the goal of this workshop is to support participating countries' efforts to develop laws and procedures that will improve their ability to investigate and prosecute crimes involving computers and the Internet.
Delegations from each participating country will present reports on their home country's laws related to cybercrime and electronic evidence. The participants will benefit from expertise of prosecutors from the U.S. Department of Justice's Cybercrime and Intellectual Property Section and subject-matter experts from Africa.
The three-week invitation comes at a time when police statistics show that cyber crime has increased from 351 cases last year to 383 this year. Another group of 12 government officials will leave tomorrow for Seoul, for capacity building course on Public Sector Management.
According to Korea International Co-operation Agency (KOICA) Training Co-ordinator, Ms Judith Sassi, the training would be a good opportunity for the crime busters to build capacity.
Todate, there are more than 400 Tanzanians, who have participated in such programmes out of which 43 were offered scholarship for Master's programme