The EC3 of EUROPOL has just published the Internet Organised Crime Threat Assessment (IOCTA) 2025 Report (Europol, Steal, deal and repeat – How cybercriminals trade and exploit your data – Internet Organised Crime Threat Assessment, Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg, 2025). This edition of the IOCTA takes a closer look into unauthorized […]
The 2025 Octopus Conference on Cooperation against Cybercrime was held in Strasbourg from 4-6 June 2025. There were some relevant and interesting sessions on cybercrime, e-evidence and AI, pig butchering scams, crypto investigations, cyberviolence and child sexual abuse, cybercrime as a war, et.al. some of which were mainstreamed and will soon be available. During the […]
Last week, I was in the fantastic city of Lisbon to present in a two-day seminar on AI and ‘smart’ Criminal Justice Systems jointly organized by the Academy of European Law (ERA) and Centro de Estudos Judiciarios (CEJ) under the coordination of Laviero Buono. My presentation dealt with the use of AI to counter organized crime […]
The UNDP PACE Project and EL PACCTO 2.0 jointly organized a Workshop on Artificial Intelligence and Digital Transformation in Criminal Justice in Bridgetown, Barbados last May 12-13, 2025. This was the first joint activity organized by both organizations in the Caribbean region. It makes very glad having actively contributed during the discussions held during this […]
The podcast interview held with Dejan Kosutic where we discuss relevant regulatory aspects and ongoing challenges regarding the preservation of electronic evidence for cybercrime investigations, including the applicable international instruments like the upcoming EU Digital Evidence regulation and the UN Cybercrime Convention among some other relevant aspects on digital evidence for cybersecurity consultants interested this […]
The 18th edition of the Computers Privacy and Data Protection Conference 2025 (CPDP.ai2025) will take place in Brussels from 21-23 May 2025. The title of this year’s conference is ‘The world is watching’. I am excited to announce that I will be in Brussels once again this year to attend and participate in one […]
I’m excited to share the launch of my new personal website: 👉 https://cristosvelasco.de/ This platform reflects my work and passion for advancing legal, policy and technical expertise in the fields of cybercrime, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, and data privacy. It offers an overview of the tailored services I provide, as well as my ongoing contributions to […]
The study “Artificial Intelligence and Organised Crime” was officially released and presented in San Jose, Costa Rica in December 2024 during the First Bi-Regional Meeting on Artificial Intelligence and Organized Crime organized by EL PACCTO 2.0 (Europe Latin America Assistance Program against Transnational Organized Crime), an international cooperation program funded by the EU that seeks […]