Theft in the virtual realm: German and Armenian prosecutors in dialogue

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Published: June 10, 2026

For the Republic of Armenia, reforming its criminal law is one of the key priorities on the path towards a modern justice system. Against this backdrop, we organised a high-level expert event on property offences at the Armenian Prosecutor General’s Office. Our focus was on the current challenges in the field of virtual property offences: a subject area which, as is well known, is becoming increasingly important due to advancing digitalisation.

Not least thanks to the illustrative case studies presented by Senior Public Prosecutor Dr Nino Goldbeck (Bamberg Public Prosecutor’s Office and Bavarian Cybercrime Centre) and Public Prosecutor Carlo Schmidt (Düsseldorf Public Prosecutor’s Office and North Rhine-Westphalia Central Office for the Prosecution of Terrorism ‘ZenTer NRW’), there were intensive discussions on how to tackle virtual property offences. At the same time, consideration was given to what measures and strategies could be adopted to mitigate the impact on victims – an aspect that is often neglected.