United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) has been at the forefront of combatting cybercrime through its Global Programme on Cybercrime which has supported 77 Member States to prevent and combat cybercrime on six areas of intervention: cyber investigations, digital forensics, digital evidence, virtual assets, online child sexual abuse and exploitation and cybercrime prevention.
In 2025, in partnership with the Ukrainian authorities and funding from the Government of Canada, UNODC will be supporting Ukraine to build stronger capabilities to prevent and combat cybercrime.
The 3-year project will establish training facilities and procure essential software and hardware as well as mobile forensic laboratories. UNODC will support initiatives to enhance capacities to investigate and prosecute cybercrimes and cyber-enabled crime.
The project will also work with Ukrainian teachers on prevention of cybercrime through educating children and at-risk groups of the associated risks.
The main Ukrainian authorities which will be involved in the project implementation are the Prosecutor General`s Office and its institutions, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and National Police of Ukraine with its specific divisions, and the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine.
Background information: This support comes at a pivotal point in the global response to cybercrime with the United Nations Convention against Cybercrime being adopted by the General Assembly in December 2024.
The Convention, of which UNODC is the custodian, is the first UN criminal justice convention in over 20 years and the first global treaty on cybercrime and the exchange of electronic evidence for serious crimes. It criminalizes the most prevalent forms of cybercrime, provides for strong international cooperation, technical assistance and capacity building measures to support States parties to more effectively prevent and combat cybercrime worldwide. Among the offences addressed by the Convention are illegal access, illegal interception and interference with electronic data or ICT systems, online child sexual abuse and exploitation material, and the solicitation or grooming for the purpose of committing a sexual offence against children. Importantly, the Convention also provides for the exchange of electronic evidence not only for the offences established in accordance with the Convention, but also for any serious crime, including serious crimes established in accordance with other applicable UN conventions and protocols.
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