Evaluation of the Investigative Powers for the 21^st Century Initiative

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Table of Contents

• Executive Summary
• 1. Introduction
  • 1.1. Purpose of the Evaluation
  • 1.2. Evaluation Scope
• 2. Program Profile
• 3. Evaluation Methodology
  • 3.1. Document Review
  • 3.2. Review of Performance Information
  • 3.3. Literature Review
  • 3.4. Review of Trends in Cybercrime and Computer-Assisted Crime
  • 3.5. Key Informant Interviews
  • 3.6. Limitations
• 4. Findings
  • 4.1. Relevance
    • 4.1.1. Ongoing Need for the IP21C Initiative
    • 4.1.2. Alignment with Government Priorities
  • 4.2. Performance
    • 4.2.1. Awareness and knowledge of the investigatory powers
    • 4.2.2. Management of issues and consistency of implementation and interpretation of investigatory powers
    • 4.2.3. Improved operational ability to combat cybercrime & computer-assisted crime
    • 4.2.4. Improved international cooperation to obtain digital evidence
    • 4.2.5. Unintended Impacts
  • 4.3. Design
    • 4.3.1. Horizontal management of the IP21C Initiative
• 5. Conclusions and Recommendations
  • 5.1. Conclusions
    • 5.1.1. Relevance
    • 5.1.2. Performance
    • 5.1.3. Design
  • 5.2. Recommendations
• Appendix A: Program Profile

List of Tables

• Table 1: IP21C Budget 2015-16 to 2019-20
• Table 2: Allocated Full-Time Equivalents Staffing Overview
• Table 3: Number of incoming and outgoing MLA requests seeking digital evidence

List of Figures

• Figure A1: IP21C Logic Model

Acknowledgement

The Chief Audit and Evaluation Executive would like to thank the evaluation team and those individuals who contributed to this engagement and particularly, employees from the Department of Justice Canada, Public Prosecution Service of Canada, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, and Global Affairs Canada, who provided insights and comments as part of this evaluation.

Acronyms

BSI

Basic Subscriber Information

Budapest Convention

Convention on Cybercrime of the Council of Europe

Charter

Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms

CLPS

Criminal Law Policy Section (Justice)

CSP

Communications Service Provider

EC3

European Crime Centre (Europol)

EU

European Union

FBI

Federal Bureau of Investigation (U.S.)

GAC

Global Affairs Canada

GOC

Government of Canada

IAG

International Assistance Group (Justice)

IOCTA

Internet Organised Crime Threat Assessment

IP21C

Investigative Powers for the 21^st Century

IP

Internet Protocol

ISP

Internet Service Provider

J-CAT

Joint Cybercrime Taskforce

JLA

Criminal, Security and Diplomatic Law Division, Legal Affairs Bureau (GAC)

Justice

Department of Justice Canada

LSU

Legal Services Unit

MLA

Mutual Legal Assistance

MLACMA

Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters Act

NC3

National Cyber Crime Coordination Unit (RCMP)

NCECC

National Child Exploitation Crime Centre (RCMP)

OAS

Organization of American States

PCOCA

Protecting Canadians from Online Crime Act

PPSC

Public Prosecution Service of Canada

RCMP

Royal Canadian Mounted Police

TechOp

Technical Operations (RCMP)

T-CY

Cybercrime Convention Committee (Council of Europe)

TDR

Transmission Data Recorder

TIS

Technical Investigative Services (RCMP)

TSP

Telecommunications Service Provider