USDOJ Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section (CEOS) legal and digital forensic experts shared best practices in using digital evidence to effectively investigate and prosecute these crimes. Alongside Philippine forensic examiners, OSEC prosecutors discussed the fundamentals in collection, preservation, and use of digital evidence. Other topics discussed included means to obtain digital evidence from other countries, plea bargaining and the special handling of child victims. Actual Metro Manila-based Cyber Court judges, including Judge Tagra, conducted the mock trials for each prosecutor-investigator team. OPDAT also assists criminology schools nationwide develop and implement new courses to prepare the next generation of investigators and prosecutors.

Source: Manila Times December 08, 2019 17:30 UTC