Handling and Exchanging Electronic Evidence Across Europe, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2018
Law, Governance and Technology Series, Vol. 39

This volume offers a general overview on the handling and regulating electronic evidence in Europe, presenting a standard for the exchange process. Chapters explore the nature of electronic evidence and readers will learn of the challenges involved in upholding the necessary standards and maintaining the integrity of information. Challenges particularly occur when European Union member states collaborate and evidence is exchanged, as may be the case when solving a cybercrime. One such challenge is that the variety of possible evidences is so wide that potentially anything may become the evidence of a crime. Moreover, the introduction and the extensive use of information and communications technology (ICT) has generated new forms of crimes or new ways of perpetrating them, as well as a new type of evidence.

Introduction. Setting the scene for Digital Evidence Exchange in Europe: needs and expectations,( Maria Angela Biasiotti).- International Perspective: The legal perspective in Treating and Exchanging Digital Evidence (Stephen Mason).- The Technical perspective Treating and Exchanging Digital Evidence (Eoghan Casey).- Institutional/operational point of  View: invited guests/authors from (TBA).- NFI – Netherlads Forensics Institute.- Siena / UMF standard (Europol).- Legal Mutual Assistance among EU Member States (Eurojust).-  CoE –Council of Europe and Cybercrime convention.- EVIDENCE project Perspective: The categorization of the Digital Evidence domain(Sveva Avveduto and CNR team).- The European Legal scenario (Jeanne Mifsud Bonnici, Joe Cannataci).- The Digital Forensics Tools Catalogue(Fabrizio Turchi and Mattia Epifani).- Standards for the Electronic Evidence Exchange(Fabrizio Turchi and Mattia Epifani).- The operational scenario(Sabine Bergs and John Barry).- Privacy protectionin Exchanging Electronic Evidence in Europe(Nikolaus Forgò and Christian Hawellek).- The map of actors and obstacles impacting on the potentialities of  Electronic Evidence Exchange(Daniele Mezzana).- The Evidence project Environment for Exchanging Digital evidence in Europe(CETIC).- The way Forward. A Road Map for the European Union(Maria Angela Biasiotti, Joe Cannataci and Jeanne Mifsud Bonnici).