Albena Spasova

The Academy will develop and deliver modular training format and target all Appellate regions in Bulgaria. These trainings will be delivered with the support of local experts and businesses and will target to increase the knowledge on how to investigate and prosecute cybercrime and how to evaluate electronic evidence.

Lecturer at two Masters Programs on ICT Security and European Law

Lecturer at two Masters Programs on ICT Security and European Law

• Provide strategic advice and policy coordination on key issues related to the protection of all services provided by eBay Group Members • Manage projects concerning critical security and protection initiatives • Develop institutional relations with political opinion-formers and government officials• Advise regarding strategic communication campaigns • Design and implement training initiatives on a pan-European level

Advising and assisting Governments and private industry in Eastern Europe in developing cybercrime programs with focus on legislative reform and training of magistrates and law enforcement agents. Serving as Council of Europe cybercrime expert and making presentations on investigation, prosecution and adjudication of cybercrime for law enforcement and criminal justice officials. Participating at multinational working groups.Consulting businesses in Europe, United States and Africa on cybercrime prevention issues. Pro bono consulting for ABA/CEELI on cybercrime matters in Bulgaria and Morocco

• Represented and provided consulting services to eBay, Inc. in Eastern Europe (Romania, Ukraine, Russia, Moldova, Bulgaria, Poland, Czech Republic, Belarus, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Serbia, Hungary, Albania, Macedonia, Turkey, Greece and Slovakia) on a wide variety of matters related to eBay/PayPal/Skype• Served as Council of Europe cybercrime expert and participated in several multi-national regulatory working groups• Consulted businesses in Europe, United States and Africa on variety of strategic issues • On a Pro bono basis, advised the American Bar Association’s Central European and Eurasian Law Initiative regarding cybercrime matters in Bulgaria and Morocco

• Designed and implemented national anti-cybercrime project: directed national program on increasing the capacity of law enforcement officers and magistrates  supported the creation of a 24/7 unit for reporting cybercrime coordinated the development and publication of methodologies for the investigation and prosecution of cybercrime created a National Cybercrime Training Center• Primary coordinator with international and law enforcement partners • Played an instrumental role in drafting legislation and lobbying Parliament • Directed and implemented projects related to organized crime, public corruption and money laundering• Prepared legal analyses • Planned and organized workshops and trainings and managed budgets • Assisted in legal institution building (e.g., establishing professional associations and training centers for prosecutors, judges and defense attorneys).

• Developed and implemented all criminal justice technical assistance activities that were conducted under the auspices of the U.S Department of Justice, Office of Overseas Prosecutorial Development and Training, and the ABA/CEELI Criminal Law Reform Program for Moldova. • Established strategic partnerships with the U.S. Departments of Justice and of the Treasury, United Nations Development Program, Council of Europe, Supreme Court of Justice in Moldova as well as key Members of Parliament.. • Spearheaded the development of a new Criminal Procedure Code and introduced the concept of plea bargaining and other international standards aimed at streamlining the criminal justice process.• Formed and organized a lobbying group that played a critical role in getting the Parliament to adopt newly-proposed Criminal Codes.

•Worked as part of legal advisory team, together with a local commercial attorney and an international attorney, for a private company that produces wine and champagne bottles. •Prepared necessary legal documentation for the business unit

• Administered labor contracts• Prepared customs documents for the import and export of medicine• Drafted contracts for the sales and purchasing departments.

• Performed written and oral translations from Romanian and Bulgarian to English and vice versa.