Brazil joins Budapest convention against cybercrime

Brazil deposited with the Council of Europe, headquartered in Strasbourg, France, a letter of accession to the Convention on Cybercrime, also known as the Budapest Convention. This concludes the country's accession to the agreement, which aims to facilitate international cooperation in combating cybercrimes. The information was released on Wednesday (Nov. 30), in a joint note from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Justice and Public Safety.

The Budapest Convention brings together a large number of countries with which Brazil shares most of the cases of international legal cooperation currently in progress, and serves as a basis for collaboration against a wide variety of crimes committed via cyber. Adding to its 67 members, the country will have an additional tool to fight cybercrime, which requires fast means of international cooperation, through which the responsible bodies can request and share necessary pieces of evidence.

Brazilian authorities will thus have faster access to electronic evidence produced under foreign jurisdiction, which will have a positive impact in terms of criminal conviction for cybercrimes.