Overview

With its entry into effect on 1 January 2010, the new Act No. 40/2009 Coll. of the Criminal Code (the new Criminal Code) is designed to prosecute cybercrimes. The concept grew out of the Cybercrime Convention approved by the Committee of Ministers of the European Council in 2001 (the Convention), which the Czech Republic signed in 2005. However, 19 of the 46 signatories, including the Czech Republic, have yet to ratify it. The new Criminal Code also takes into consideration recent developments in information technology and the know-how of cybercriminals, heralding a significant shift in the prosecution of cybercrime in the Czech Republic.

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