Reports, publications, etc.

2026

Seger, Alexander (2026): The Character of the Russian Regime (updated version February 2026)

2025

Seger, Alexander (2025): Russian Motivations Behind the “Hanoi Convention” Against Cybercrime (October 2025). In: JustSecurity

2025

Seger, Alexander (2025): The ‘Hanoi Convention’ against cybercrime: managing risks. In: Journal of Cyber Policy (October 2025).

2024

Podcast: Alexander Seger – How Global Law Enforcement Fight Cybercrime (Information Security Forum, S10 Ep5

2024

The “Budapest” Convention on Cybercrime and the draft United Nations treaty: links [for Council of Europe]

2024

Podcast: Future of Cyber Risk Podcast: COEs Alexander Seger on Building Cybercrime Capacity Around the Globe

2024

Porträt von Alexander Seger (Tagesspiegel 14. November 2024)

„Russland wird jeden internationalen Vertrag missbrauchen“ (Tagesspiegel, 5. Dezember 2024)

2023

Council of Europe/Octopus Project: Implementing the First Protocol to the Convention on Cybercrime on Xenophobia and Racism: Good practice study

2022

Council of Europe: The Convention on Cybercrime - Special edition [Editors and concept: Alexander Seger and Cristina Schulman]

2021

Council of Europe: Second Additional Protocol to the Convention on Cybercrime on enhanced co-operation and disclosure of electronic evidence - Special edition [Editors and concept: Alexander Seger and Cristina Schulman]

2021

T-CY(2021)12: Summary of comments on opinions by Council of Europe committees and submissions by other stakeholders [for Council of Europe/Cybercrime Convention Committee]

2021

Podcast: Cathie speaks cybercrime with Alexander Seger

2020

T-CY (2020)16 [EN] The Budapest Convention on Cybercrime: benefits and impact in practice (July 2020) / [FR] La Convention de Budapest sur la cybercriminalité: avantages et impact concrets (juillet 2020). [For Council of Europe/Cybercrime Convention Committee]

2019

Seger, Alexander (2019): Wie steht es um die „Rule of Law in Cyberspace“? In: Dataport 2/2019

2018

Cybercrime Convention Committee (T-CY) - Working Group on cyberbullying and other forms of online violence, especially against women and children: Mapping study on cyberviolence with recommendations adopted by the T-CY on 9 July 2018

2018

T-CY (2018)26 Discussion paper: Conditions for obtaining subscriber information – dynamic versus static IP addresses, October 2018.

2018

Seger, Alexander (2018): Enhanced cooperation on cybercrime: a case for a protocol to the Budapest Convention. In: Italian Institute for International Political Studies: Dossier Cybercrime as a threat to international security (July 2018).

2018

Seger, Alexander (2018): „Grenzüberschreitender“ Zugriff auf Daten im Rahmen der Budapest Konvention über Computerkriminalität - Praxisbericht zum Stand der Arbeiten des Europarats. In: Zeitschrift für öffentliches Recht, Bd. 73 (2018), Heft 1, p. 71-85.

2017

Alexander Seger in : Regard 15 décembre 2017 – 15 mars 2018, Regard 81, Rencontres.

2016

Seger, Alexander (2016): India and the Budapest Convention: Why not? In: Observer Research Foundation: Digital Debates Vol 3 (September 2016).

2016

Cybercrime Convention Committee (T-CY): Criminal justice access to electronic evidence in the cloud: Recommendations for consideration by the T-CY. Final report of the T-CY Cloud Evidence Group

2016

Seger, Alexander (2016): The Budapest Convention as a framework for international cooperation. In: CSR Magazine, Vol 2 No 2 (January 2016).

2016

T-CY Cloud Evidence Group: Criminal justice access to electronic evidence in the cloud - Informal summary of issues and options under consideration by the Cloud Evidence Group

2016

Seger, Alexander (2016): The Budapest Convention on Cybercrime – Impact and Outlook. In: The European Files, no 40 (January 2016).

2015

T-CY Cloud Evidence Group: Criminal justice access to data in the cloud: challenges. Discussion paper.

2015

Seger, Alexander (2015): Evidence in the Cloud and the Rule of Law in Cyberspace. In: Europe’s World, 7 December 2015.

2013

Capacity building on cybercrime [for Council of Europe]

2013

Cybercrime Convention Committee (T-CY): Ad-hoc Subgroup on Transborder Access and Jurisdiction Report of the Transborder Group for 2013

2012

T-CY/Transborder Group: Transborder access and jurisdiction: What are the options? Report of the Transborder Group adopted by the T-CY on 6 December 2012

2012

T-CY Assessment report: Implementation of the preservation provisions of the Budapest Convention on Cybercrime. Adopted by the T-CY at its 8th Plenary (5-6 December 2012)

2012

Council of Europe (2012): Criminal Money Flows on the Internet (typology research). Concept and co-author: Alexander Seger

2012

Seger, Alexander (2012): Cyber Crime and Economic Crime. In: Edelbacher, Max/Kratcoski, Peter/Thiel, Michael (eds): Global Security and the Financial Crisis: the Effects of Organized Crime, White Collar Crime, and Corruption on the World’s Financial Institutions. Pages 119 – 146.

Extract: Chapter 7

2011

Seger, Alexander (2011): The Budapest Convention on Cybercrime 10 years on: Lessons learnt or the web is a web. Contribution to UN ISPAC/CNPDS/Courmayeur Foundation/UNODC International Conference on Cybercrime, Courmayeur, Mont Blanc, December 2011.

2011

Seger, Alexander (2012): The Budapest Convention on Cybercrime 10 years on: Lessons learnt. In: Manacorda, Stefano: Cibercriminality: Finding a balance between freedom and security.

2012

Seger, Alexander (2012): Cybercrime strategies – discussion paper (Council of Europe – Global Project on Cybercrime)

2011

Seger, Alexander (2011): The Budapest Convention on Cybercrime and Criminal Money on the Internet. In: Cajani, Francesco/Costabile, Gerardo (eds): Gli accertamenti informatici nelle investigazioni penali: une prospettiva europea. Pages 31-37.

2009

Seger, Alexander (2009): Identity theft and the Convention on Cybercrime. In: Chryssikos, D./Passas, N./Ram, C. (eds): The evolving challenge of identity-related crime. Milan (International Scientific and Professional Advisory Council of the United Nations Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Programme). Pages 153-158.

2008

Council of Europe/Octopus Programme: Corruption and democracy in Europe - Political finances, conflicts of interest, lobbying, justice (Concept, editor, co-author: Alexander Seger)

Extract: Alexander Seger: Corruption and democracy - What are the issues?

2008

Seger, Alexander (2008): Combating cybercrime in Asia Pacific: A legislative perspective. In: Futures Vol 3 (1), pages 22-26.

2005

Council of Europe: Organised Crime Situation Report 2005 - Focus on Economic Crime [Concept, editor and co-author: Alexander Seger]

2005

Seger, Alexander (2005): A letter from the Council of Europe: Cybercrime and Organised Crime. In: Crime Prevention & Community Safety 7, 59–64 (1 October 2005) | doi:10.1057/palgrave.cpcs.8140231

2005

Council of Europe/Octopus Programme (2005): Organised crime in Europe – the threat of cybercrime. Strasbourg (Council of Europe Publishing). [Concept, editor and co-author: Alexander Seger]

2004

Council of Europe/Octopus Programme (2004): Anti-corruption services – Good Practice in Europe. Strasbourg (Council of Europe Publishing). [Author: Alexander Seger]

2004

Council of Europe/Octopus Programme: Combating organised crime - Best practice surveys of the Council of Europe. Strasbourg. [Editor and co-author: Alexander Seger]

2003

Council of Europe (2003): Preventive legal measures against organised crime. Best practice survey [Editor and co-author: Alexander Seger]

2002

Council of Europe/Octopus Programme: The prevention of corruption in Central and Eastern Europe. [Author: Alexander Seger]

2002

Seger, Alexander (2002): Political framework conditions for alternative development. In: The role of alternative development in drug control and development cooperation (International Conference, Feldafing, Germany, 7-12 January 2002)

2001

Council of Europe: Organised crime situation report 2001. Strasbourg. [Editor and co-author: Alexander Seger]

2000

Stability Pact Initiative against Corruption in South-eastern Europe (SPAI) [Concept: Alexander Seger]

2000

Stability Pact Initiative against Organised Crime in South-eastern Europe (SPOC) [Concept: Alexander Seger]

1998

German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development and German Technical Cooperation (1998): Drugs and Development – Policies, strategies and experience in drug control within the framework of development cooperation. Eschborn. [Concept, author and producer: Alexander Seger]

German version.

1998

German Technical Cooperation (1998): Drugs and Development in Asia – A background and discussion paper. Eschborn. [Concept, author and producer: Alexander Seger]

1999

Seger, Alexander (1999): Drogen und Politik in Afghanistan (Drugs and politics in Afghanistan). In: INAMO Nr. 17, Frühjahr 1999.

1998

Seger, Alexander (1998): Entwicklung und Drogen in Asien (Development and drugs in Asia), PhD thesis. Bonn.

1998

Seger, Alexander (1998): Getting to a source of crime. In: Development + Cooperation, No. 4/98. (With Christoph Berg and Birgit Gerhardus).

1997

Seger, Alexander (1997): Drogen, Kriminalität und politische Entwicklung in Zentralasien (Drugs, crime and political development in Central Asia). In: BIost, Aktuelle Analysen Nr. 38/1997.

1994

Seger, Alexander (1994): Die Entwicklung des Drogenanbaus und -handels aus Sicht der Vereinten Nationen (Drug production and trafficking from the perspective of the United Nations). In: Entwicklung und ländlicher Raum. (With Gerd Merrem and Wolfgang Schiefer).

1994

Seger, Alexander (1994): Drogen und Entwicklung in Afrika (Drugs and development in Africa). In: Hofmeier, Rolf: Afrika Jahrbuch 1994. Hamburg.

1993

Proposal for a drug control masterplan for the Laos PDR:

Survey of the drug situation
Proposal for a drug control strategy
Proposal for technical assistance projects

1986

Seger, Alexander (1986): Ethnizität und Politik in Kamerun (Ethnicity and Politics in Cameroon), M.A. thesis. Heidelberg.

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