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Introduction

Gathering Electronic Evidence and Cooperation with Service Providers in the Digital Era – A Jigsaw Puzzle of Technological and Legal Challenges

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2025

Vanessa Franssen
Affiliation:
Université de Liège, Belgium
Stanisław Tosza
Affiliation:
Université du Luxembourg
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The Introduction sketches the main technological and legal challenges LEAs face in criminal investigations when seeking to collect electronic evidence in the digital era. It gives an overview of the relevant legal framework at EU, Council of Europe and international level, including recent developments such as the e-Evidence Regulation and the Second Additional Protocol to the Cybercrime Convention, and identifies some missing pieces of the puzzle. Next, the chapter explains the main research objectives of this handbook, before presenting its overall structure and introducing the subsequent chapters.

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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2025

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