The Department of Law, American International University-Bangladesh and Strengthening Rule of Law Program of National Center for State Courts (NCSC) jointly organized a “Sharing Session on Cybercrime and Digital Evidence” at 3:30 PM on 24th February 2020 in the Multipurpose Hall of the university. The session was supported by the U.S. Department of State and implemented by The National Center for State Courts (NCSC).

The session was inaugurated by the opening remarks from Mr. Evan Frauhiger, Program Associate, National Center for State Courts and a welcome speech was delivered by Prof. Dr. Taslima Mansoor, Advisor, Department of Law, AIUB.

The Keynote presentation of the session was delivered by Mr. Daniel Suter, an expert on Cyber Security, Money Laundering and Digital Evidence. He presented and critically analyzed the admissibility of digital evidence under the Digital Security Act, 2018 and the Evidence Act, 1872 of Bangladesh. Later, an interactive question-answer session was moderated by Mr. Abu Taher, Lecturer of Law, AIUB. Students and faculty members of the Department of Law were the main participants of the session. Finally, the session ended with the Closing Remarks and Vote of Thanks from Prof. Dr. Tazul Islam, Dean, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences.

Department of Law gratefully acknowledges the generous support of AIUB management for making the programme a success.