Ms Darragh Paradiso, Chargé d'Affaires a.i., Deputy Permanent Observer and Consul General of the United States of America in Strasbourg, met Council of Europe Deputy Secretary General Björn Berge today on the occasion of a voluntary contribution of EUR 1.3 million made to the Octopus Project.
The contribution was made by the US Department of State’s Bureau of International and Law Enforcement Affairs in support of countries worldwide strengthening their criminal justice capacities in line with the Budapest Convention on cybercrime and related standards.
The Council of Europe gratefully acknowledges the voluntary contribution of the USA to this project.
* Octopus Project webpage