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Pilot with Bavarian Central Office for the Prosecution of Cybercrime started

27 July, Munich, Germany – The Bavarian State Ministry of Justice (StMJ) and TNO signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in the Munich Palace of Justice to accelerate strategic law enforcement capabilities and technologies. The engagement targets to combat cybercrimes with special focus on darknet and cryptocurrencies. Since 2018 parties worked together within the INTERPOL Working Group on Darknet and Cryptocurrencies and identified specific capability requirements to combat these emergent crimes. The Bavarian Central Office for the Prosecution of Cybercrime and the implementation partner CyberDevOps started an operational pilot with the Dark Web Monitor.

Editorial, 1 January 2021: CyberDevOps rebranded to CFLW Cyber Development.


New threats require new capabilities

Mr. Eisenreich, Bavarian State Minister of Justice stated: “A digitally networked world harbors fantastic opportunities, but is vulnerable at the same time: Cybercriminals abuse the new possibilities to commit criminal offences. This is why the State of Bavaria is taking a determined approach in combatting cybercrime. Thanks to the Bavarian Central Office for the Prosecution of Cybercrime (ZCB) the Free State’s justice system is well prepared, with 15 prosecutor and 3 IT specialists forming one of Germany’s largest and most experienced specialized prosecutors’ offices. The Dark Web Monitor’s innovative technology enables us to take new technological approaches to shed more light on the dark web and to find perpetrators.“

International Technology Partnership

Mr. Krishna Taneja, TNO’s director National Security added: “Technology is rapidly changing our world, and criminals quickly recognise new opportunities like the Dark Web. This creates new threats. Innovations are required to counter these threats. DWM is a good example of such an innovation that finds its TNO origin in the innovation programme of the Ministry of Justice and Security of the Netherlands. This technology is driven by a broad range of requirements from our national and international stakeholders, and provides new operational perspectives driven by data analytics and artificial intelligence. This MoU accelerates the translation of Dark Web Monitor into an operational capability for our Bavarian partners, and is an important step towards an international technology partnership.”

Press Attention for the Dark Web Monitor pilot

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