On Tuesday, July 27, Russia submitted to the UN a draft convention on countering the use of information and communication technologies for criminal purposes.
According to the press service of the Prosecutor General's Office, an interdepartmental Russian delegation headed by Deputy Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation Pyotr Gorodov at a meeting at the UN headquarters in Vienna with Acting Executive Director of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime Dennis Chatchavalit officially introduced the Russian draft convention on countering the use of information and communication technologies for criminal purposes. A copy of the draft convention was handed over to the chairman of the UN Special Committee for the development of a convention on countering the use of information and communication technologies for criminal purposes, Fauzie Mebarki.
Thus, as noted in the supervisory authority, Russia became the first country to develop and submit to the special committee a draft universal convention on combating information crime. The project takes into account modern challenges and threats in the field of international information security, including the criminal use of cryptocurrency. It also introduces new elements of crimes committed using ICT - distribution of falsified medical products, drug trafficking, involvement of minors in committing illegal acts that are dangerous to their life and health, and others. The project also expands the scope of international cooperation in extradition and legal assistance in criminal cases, including the identification, arrest, confiscation and return of assets.
As the Prosecutor General's Office recalled, last year, due to the explosive growth of cybercrime around the world, an interdepartmental working group on countering information crime was created by the decision of Prosecutor General Igor Krasnov. One of the main tasks assigned to the experts of this group was the development of a draft universal comprehensive international convention on countering the use of information and communication technologies (ICT) for criminal purposes.
Ivan Egorov
