Council of the European Union Brussels, 19 May 2017 (OR. en) 7159/1/17 REV 1 DCL 1 GENVAL 20 CYBER 36 DECLASSIFICATION of document: 7159/1/17 REV 1 RESTREINT UE/EU RESTRICTED dated: 2 May 2017 new status: Public Subject: Evaluation Report on the seventh round of mutual evaluations "The practical implementation and operation of European policies on prevention and combating cybercrime" - Report on Germany Delegations will find attached the declassified version of the above document. The text of this document is identical to the previous version. 7159/1/17 REV 1 DCL 1 /dl DGF 2C EN RESTREINT UE/EU RESTRICTED Council of the European Union Brussels, 2 May 2017 (OR. en) 7159/1/17 REV 1 RESTREINT UE/EU RESTRICTED GENVAL 20 CYBER 36 REPORT Subject: Evaluation Report on the seventh round of mutual evaluations "The practical implementation and operation of European policies on prevention and combating cybercrime" - Report on Germany 7159/1/17 REV 1 CN/ec 1 DGD2B RESTREINT UE/EU RESTRICTED EN RESTREINT UE/EU RESTRICTED ANNEX Table of Contents 1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ........................................................................................................ 5 2. INTRODUCTION ...................................................................................................................... 8 3. GENERAL MATTERS AND STRUCTURES ...................................................................... 11 3.1. National cybersecurity strategy ....................................................................................... 11 3.2. National priorities with regard to cybercrime ................................................................ 13 3.3. Statistics on cybercrime .................................................................................................... 15 3.3.1. Main trends leading to cybercrime ............................................................................... 15 3.3.2. Number of registered cases of cyber criminality .......................................................... 17 3.4. Domestic budget allocated to prevent and fight against cybercrime and support from EU funding .................................................................................................................................... 20 3.5. Conclusions ........................................................................................................................ 23 4. NATIONAL STRUCTURES ................................................................................................... 25 4.1. Judiciary (prosecutions and courts) ................................................................................ 25 4.1.1. Internal structure .......................................................................................................... 25 4.1.2. Capacity and obstacles to successful prosecution ........................................................ 27 4.2. Law enforcement authorities ............................................................................................ 35 4.3. Other authorities/institutions/public-private partnerships ........................................... 41 4.4. Cooperation and coordination at national level ............................................................. 44 4.4.1. Legal or policy obligations ........................................................................................... 44 4.4.2. Resources allocated to improve cooperation ............................................................... 50 4.5. Conclusions ........................................................................................................................ 52 5. LEGAL ASPECTS ................................................................................................................... 55 5.1. Substantive criminal law pertaining to cybercrime ....................................................... 55 5.1.1. Council of Europe Convention on Cybercrime ............................................................ 55 5.1.2. Description of national legislation ............................................................................... 55 7159/1/17 REV 1 CN/ec 2 ANNEX DGD2B RESTREINT UE/EU RESTRICTED EN RESTREINT UE/EU RESTRICTED A/ Council Framework Decision 2005/222/JHA on attacks against information systems and Directive 2013/40/EU on attacks against information systems ..................................................... 55 B/ Directive 2011/93/EU on combating sexual abuse and sexual exploitation of children and child pornography .......................................................................................................................... 62 C/ Online card fraud ...................................................................................................................... 67 D/ Other cybercrime phenomena ................................................................................................... 70 5.2. Procedural issues ............................................................................................................... 72 5.2.1. Investigative techniques ................................................................................................ 72 5.2.2. Forensics and encryption ............................................................................................. 76 5.2.3. E-evidence ..................................................................................................................... 82 5.3. Protection of human rights/fundamental freedoms ....................................................... 86 5.4. Jurisdiction......................................................................................................................... 88 5.4.1. Principles applied to the investigation of cybercrime .................................................. 88 5.4.2. Rules in case of conflicts of jurisdiction and referral to Eurojust ................................ 89 5.4.3. Jurisdiction for acts of cybercrime committed in the ‘cloud’ ....................................... 90 5.4.4. Perception of Germany with regard to the legal framework for combating cybercrime ................................................................................................................ 90 5.5. Conclusions ........................................................................................................................ 92 6. OPERATIONAL ASPECTS.................................................................................................... 95 6.1. Cyber attacks ..................................................................................................................... 95 6.1.1. Nature of cyber attacks ................................................................................................. 95 6.1.2. Mechanism to respond to cyber-attacks ....................................................................... 96 6.2. Actions against child pornography and sexual abuse online ......................................... 99 6.2.1. Software databases identifying victims and measures to avoid re-victimisation ......... 99 6.2.2. Measures to address sexual exploitation/abuse online, sexting, cyber bullying ........ 101 6.2.3. Preventive actions against sex tourism, child pornographic performance and others .......................................................................................................... 103 6.2.4. Actors and measures countering websites containing or disseminating child pornography ............................................................................................................................. 108 6.3. Online card fraud ............................................................................................................ 114 6.3.1. Online reporting ......................................................................................................... 114 6.3.2. Role of the private sector ............................................................................................ 115 6.4. Other cybercrime phenomena ........................................................................................ 117 6.5. Conclusions ...................................................................................................................... 118 7159/1/17 REV 1 CN/ec 3 ANNEX DGD2B RESTREINT UE/EU RESTRICTED EN RESTREINT UE/EU RESTRICTED 7. INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION ................................................................................. 121 7.1. Cooperation with EU agencies ....................................................................................... 121 7.1.1. Formal requirements to cooperate with Europol/EC3, Eurojust, ENISA .................. 121 7.1.2. Assessment of cooperation with Europol/EC3, Eurojust, ENISA ............................... 121 7.1.3. Operational performance of JITs and cyber-patrols .................................................. 125 7.2. Cooperation between Germany’s authorities and Interpol ......................................... 126 7.3. Cooperation with third states ......................................................................................... 127 7.4. Cooperation with the private sector .............................................................................. 128 7.5. Tools of international cooperation ................................................................................. 130 7.5.1. Mutual legal assistance .............................................................................................
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