March - April 1999

• USA- Melissa virus suspect makes first appearance in New Jersey court

January - February 1999

• Denmark - Largest software piracy ring in Europe discovered
• Ireland - Top level domain guardian hacked

November - December 1998

• USA - Sophisticated computer virus attacks business network of telecommunications’ company

September - October 1998

• USA - Software pirate convicted for copyright law violations

July - August 1998

• UK - Customs & Excise confirms scanning of computer files at border crossing to prevent illegal items entering the country

May - June 1998

• USA- Doctor sentenced for viewing child pornography on hospital computer

January  - February 1998

• USA - Computer programmer charged for sabotage deleting company software

December 1997

• USA- Hackers attack Yahoo Web site

November 1997

• The Netherlands - Internet service provider refuses to comply with “Internet tapping” order

October 1997

• Finland - Criminalization of dissemination of computer viruses over the Internet

September 1997

• USA - Publisher of an Internet newsletter sentenced to one year in prison 
  
  

Legal Advisory Board

European Union

• Joint Action of 24 February 1997 adopted by the Council on the basis of Article K.3 of the Treaty on European Union concerning action to combat trafficking in human beings and sexual exploitation of children OJ L 063 04.03.97 p.2
• Council Resolution of 17 January 1995 on the lawful interception of telecommunications OJ C 329 04.11.96 p.1
• COMCRIME-Study prepared for the European Commission by Prof. Dr. Ulrich Sieber, University of Würzburg
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• LAB meeting on Computer crime 25 November 1996 Minutes Agenda
• COMCRIME Open call for tenders for a study entitled "Legal aspects of computer-related crime in the information society"
  (published in the OJCE n° C 206/18, 11 August 1995)

Council of Europe

• Recommendation No. R (95) 13 of the Committee of Ministers to Member States concerning problems of Criminal Procedure Law connected with Information Technology

France

• Loi n° 88-19 du 5 janvier 1988 relative à la fraude informatique, dite loi Godfrain.