About APC-HUB
History
2025
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June 2025
The 4th APC-HUB Training Session and the 4th Annual General Meeting were successfully conducted.
2024
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May 2024
The 3rd APC-HUB Training Session and the 3rd Annual General Meeting were successfully conducted.
2023
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Nov 2023
The 2nd APC-HUB Training Session and the 2nd Annual General Meeting were successfully conducted.
2022
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Nov 2022
The 1st APC-HUB Training Session and the 1st Annual General Meeting were successfully conducted.
2021
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May 2021
Two professionals, including an interpreter, have been hired for APC-HUB and the logo design for the website has been completed.
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Feb 2021
The Supreme Prosecutors' Office of the Republic of Korea, the World Bank, and the GFCE have finalized the operational plan for APC-HUB.
2020
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Jan 2020
The new office for the APC-HUB Secretariat has been established within the Supreme Prosecutors' Office of the Republic of Korea.
2019
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Nov 2019
In Strasbourg, France, the Supreme Prosecutors' Office of the Republic of Korea, the World Bank, and the GFCE signed a trilateral memorandum of understanding (MOU) on the establishment of APC-HUB.
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Oct 2019
The official name ‘APC-HUB’ was finalized.
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Apr 2019
The Supreme Prosecutors’ Office participated in the GFCE Working Group Meetings in The Hague, Netherlands, as a member of Working Group C. The GFCE is a key partner in capacity-building efforts in the Asia-Pacific region.
2018
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Sep 2018
The World Bank visited the Supreme Prosecutors' Office of the Republic of Korea to discuss the establishment of a cybercrime capacity-building hub for the Asia-Pacific region.
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Oct 2018 – Feb 2019
The World Bank conducted a feasibility study on the establishment of a cybercrime capacity-building hub.
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Jul 2018 – Jun 2022
The Supreme Prosecutors’ Office of the Republic of Korea participated in the second project of the 'Asia-Pacific Cybercrime Capacity Building Hub (APCCBH),' funded by a grant from the Korean Ministry of Strategy and Finance under the Korean-World Bank Group Partnership Facility (KWPF) Trust Fund.
2014
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Jul 2014 - Jun 2017
The Supreme Prosecutors’ Office of the Republic of Korea participated in the first project of ‘Combatting Cybercrime: Tools and Capacity Building for Emerging Economies,’ financed by a grant from the Korean Ministry of Strategy and Finance under the Korean-World Bank Group Partnership Facility (KWPF) Trust Fund. The project was carried out in collaboration with the Council of Europe (CoE), the United Nations Office on Drugs & Crime (UNODC), the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), the United Nations Conference on Trade & Development (UNCTAD), and others. The output of the project includes the Toolkit, Assessment Tool, and Virtual Library (www.combattingcybercrime.org).