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France: Crypto-in-a-crime (was re: Crypto Law Survey updated -

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (R. A. Hettinga)
Mon Aug 16 15:08:18 2004

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Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2004 08:22:01 -0400
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Approved-By:  Bert-Jaap Koops <E.J.Koops@UVT.NL>
Date:         Mon, 16 Aug 2004 12:28:12 +0200
Reply-To: Bert-Jaap Koops <E.J.Koops@uvt.nl>
Sender: Mailinglist about existing and proposed laws and regulations on
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From: Bert-Jaap Koops <E.J.Koops@uvt.nl>
Subject: Crypto Law Survey updated - version 22.2
To: CRYPTOLAW-L@NIC.SURFNET.NL

I have updated my Crypto Law Survey to version 22.2.
http://rechten.uvt.nl/koops/cryptolaw/

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NEWS
France has enacted the first law in the world that raises the maximum
punishment for a crime when cryptography was used to prepare of facilitate a
crime.
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AFRICA
* Egypt ('02 mention of regulatory intention)
* Ghana (no controls)
* Kenya (no controls)
* Mauritius (no controls)
* Morocco ('02 mention of regulatory intention)
* Rwanda ('98 report mentions regulatory intention)
* South Africa (decryption order)
* Tunisia (import and domestic regulations)

EUROPE
* France (elaborate new law, including raising punishments for
crypto-enhanced crimes)
* Russia (FAPSI > FSB)
* United Kingdom (new OGEL)

ASIA
* Singapore (export controls)

Any additions you may provide are greatly welcomed.

Bert-Jaap Koops
Tilburg University
16 August 2004

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