Police Director PAPAPRODROMOU Georgios was born in 1965 at Giannitsa Pellas. He joined the Hellenic Police in 1984. He served as an officer in numerous but also special services mainly in Northern Greece. He is a graduate of the Law Faculty of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. He is an expert as Forensic Document Examiner, having served since 1999 in the Laboratory Department of the Forensic Division of the Hellenic Police Headquarters. At the same time, he was the founder (2002) of the Laboratory of Forensic Document Examination in Forensic Subdivision of Northern Greece, in which he served until 2011. From 20-08-2015 until 26-05-2016 he served as Director of the newly-established Cyber Crime Subdivision of Northern Greece. From 27-05-2016 until today he is the Director of the Cyber Crime Division of the Hellenic Police Headquarters.
He is a graduate of the Joint War College (12th Educational Series) as well as an e-student of the National Defense School (7th Educational Series). He has been trained, among other things, in Organization and Management and in new Information and Communication Technologies (ICT), on e-Government, Forensics, Radicalization, Civil Protection, Critical Infrastructure and anti-drug policies. He has taught courses in Public Institutes of Vocational Training and in various schools of the Police Academy. He speaks English and German. He is married, having two (2) children, students in the Department of Applied Informatics and in the Law Faculty, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.
Keynote: Effective Prevention and Investigation of Cybercrime
During the lecture, the lecturer will analyze the mission and the goals of the Hellenic Police HQ Cybercrime Division, will emphasize on the offenses committed in the Cyberspace and present relevant statistics. The lecture will also include issues of the existing legal framework concerning the cybercrime, what is happening in Greece and in Europe. Finally, the lecturer will present the development of preventive and raise awareness actions carried out by the Hellenic Police HQ Cybercrime Division.