Luanda - The Attorney General, Hélder Pitta-Groz, said Tuesday in Luanda that the level of cybercrime cases that have occurred in Angola, involving national and foreign citizens, is worrying.
The magistrate made the statement at the opening of the 2nd National Conference on Cybercrime, stressing that in the last quarters of 2024, the country has seen a significant increase in cybercrime, perpetrated by groups linked mainly to the exploitation of illegal gambling and cryptocurrencies, which have been dismantled.
Hélder Pitta-Groz acknowledged that the extent of cybercrime in Angola is worrying and that for these reasons, the Office of Cybercrime and Electronic Evidence of the Attorney General's Office (PGR) was created in 2023.
The Attorney General stressed the importance for Angola to ratify a number of international documents in order to curb the actions of these groups of individuals on the national territory or from other parts of the world.
Pitta-Groz referred to the Budapest Convention on Cybercrime, which provides a comprehensive framework on cybercrime and electronic evidence for the criminalization of acts such as illegal access, and provides procedural rights instruments that make the investigation of cybercrime and the obtaining of electronic evidence more effective, as well as efficient international cooperation.
The two-day 2nd National Conference on Cybercrime, promoted by the Attorney General's Office and Pentinalli Investigações, brings together experts for an in-depth analysis of "The Rise of Cybercrime in Angola".
Among the topics to be discussed are: "Formal and informal international cooperation in the field of cybercrime"; "The status of the defendant in cybercrime": Protection of Rights and Judicial Efficiency"; "The Role of Financial Intelligence in Combating Cybercrime".
The event is an opportunity to present the new Cybercrime and Electronic Evidence Office of the PGR, which marks an important step by Angola in the fight against crime in the digital world. ANM/VIC/DAN/AMP
