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Betty Shave

Assistant Deputy Chief for International Computer Crime

Betty-Ellen Shave is the Assistant Deputy Chief for International Computer Crime in the Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section (CCIPS) of the Criminal Division of the US Department of Justice. After many years of prosecuting cases elsewhere in the Criminal Division, she began working in the computer crime area in 1996, first handling a wide variety of assignments and eventually specializing in the international aspects of computer crime policymaking.

Ms. Shave was the first head of the US delegation to the High-Tech Crime Subgroup of the countries of the G8, which focuses on improving cybercrime laws and investigative capabilities within and outside the G8. She served in that capacity for three years, from 1997 to 2000, while also participating in the negotiations of the draft Cybercrime Convention at the Council of Europe. In 2002, in recognition of her work on the Cybercrime Convention, she was a recipient of the Attorney General's Distinguished Service Award, the second-highest award given by the Department of Justice. In March 2006, she was elected Vice-Chair of the Cybercrime Convention Committee within the Council of Europe.

For a number of years, Ms. Shave has coordinated CCIPS' international assignments, including the international aspects of CCIPS' criminal caseload; of critical infrastructure protection; and of policy issues. In addition, she assists in supervising CCIPS' activities in many multilateral groups, including the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation Forum, the Organization of American States, the European Commission, and others. Through these groups, she has collaborated with, or helped to train, many countries, especially on the topics of drafting adequate cybercrime laws, improving investigations of crime and terrorism, better law enforcement collaboration and consultation with industry, and protecting critical infrastructures. She is a frequent speaker on these topics.

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Biography last updated June 2006