The Crown Prosecution Service Combating Intellectual Property Crime

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The Crown Prosecution ServiceCombating
Intellectual Property Crime
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The CPS and High-Tec Crime

• The CPS approach to high-tec crime
• Strategy
• Training

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Problems Encountered

• Evidence
• Expert witness
• Court Presentation

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To Secure a Successful Prosecution

• HTC training for judges, prosecutors and police
• Early contact between police and prosecutors and
  expert witness
• Visual presentation of evidence

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To Secure a Successful Prosecution

• Debrief on completion of large / serious cases
• European Union Cyber
• Crime Convention
• Global Prosecutors E - Crime Network

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THE CROWN PROSECUTION SERVICE

• Esther George
• esther.george_at_cps.gsi.gov.uk