Forms of Sports Corruption and Standards and Norms to Counter Them

• Jurisdiction: European Union
• Year: 2024

Speaker

George M.R. Zlati is a distinguished criminal defense lawyer from Romania with over 11 years of experience specializing in cybercrime. He is also an associate professor at the Faculty of Law and Social Sciences at the ‘1 Decembrie 1918’ University in Alba Iulia, where he teaches Cybercrime at the master’s level. George earned his PhD in Law from Babeș-Bolyai University with a dissertation on illegal computer access and fraud.

His influential publication, “Treatise on Cybercrime (Volume 1)” (2020), is widely cited in Romanian legal rulings. His research focuses on the intersection of criminal law with blockchain technology, computer search, data retention, and identity theft. In 2022, he contributed as a Eurojust expert to the Euromed Justice Programme, updating the “Legal and Gaps Analysis Cybercrime.” In 2023, he became an associated trainer on Cybercrime for the Romanian National Institute of Magistracy, advancing judicial education on cybercrime.

Topic

George Zlati delves into the complexities of handling digital evidence from social media platforms and its implications for defense rights. With over 4.48 billion active social media users generating vast amounts of data, social media has become a critical frontier for digital forensics. Zlati explores how the rapid evolution of social platforms, including decentralized social networks (DeSo) and blockchain technology, influences evidence collection and legal procedures.

He highlights key challenges in social media investigations, such as the legality and reliability of evidence, and how to...