Council of Europe Prods Tardy Cybercrime Treaty Signers
A significant number of important countries have yet to ratify the Council of Europe's Convention on Cybercrime, a treaty intended to strengthen law enforcement's hand against computer crimes.
Of the 43 countries that signed the treaty back in 2001, 21 -- not quite half -- have ratified it to date. Among the European holdouts are Germany, Spain, the United Kingdom, Ireland and Italy. Important non-CoE member signatories who have yet to ratify are Canada, Japan, Mexico and South Africa.
Next week in Strasbourg the CoE is holding a two-day conference to help revive sagging momentum in the ratification process. Conference sponsors say the event is "aimed at encouraging as many countries as possible" to ratify the treaty.
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