KATHMANDU, FEBRUARY 25

The Office of the Attorney General is set to host the International Conference on Crimes of the Digital Age: Anticipation and Response on February 27.

At a press briefing on Tuesday, Attorney General Ramesh Badal announced that the two-day event will bring together experts to examine the growing convergence of AI, digital economic crime, and cyber-enabled offenses.

The conference will spotlight innovative strategies for investigating, prosecuting, and preventing technology-driven crimes. Discussions will center on emerging challenges posed by advanced technologies, including technology-facilitated sexual violence and abuse (TFSVA), cybersecurity crimes, cryptocurrency-related offenses, and AI-enabled criminal activities.

More than 90 government attorneys, legal experts, judges, and representatives from legal fraternities across 13 nations-including Nepal, the UK, the Netherlands, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, the Maldives, South Korea, Azerbaijan, India, China, Sri Lanka, Norway, and Russia-will participate.

From Nepal, representatives from the Supreme Court, Nepal Rastra Bank, various ministries, and other institutions will join the event, where 16 working papers will be presented across multiple sessions.

Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli is set to inaugurate the conference.