Guatemala and Taiwan Deepen Cooperation on Cybersecurity and Transnational Crime

Guatemala and Taiwan are expanding their security partnership through a training program focused on cybercrime and transnational criminal threats. A specialized group of Guatemalan investigators completed the in-person Information Security and Cybercrime Prevention Training Program in Taiwan.

The program was organized by the Investigation Bureau of Taiwan’s Ministry of Justice. Its goal was to reinforce Guatemala’s operational capacity against cybercrime and other forms of transnational crime. Participants received specialized instruction and took part in practical exercises on cybercrime investigations and cybersecurity forensics.

The Guatemalan delegation also examined Taiwan’s experience in technology investigations, digital-evidence analysis and efforts to combat different forms of crime. The event was attended by Guatemala’s Interior Minister Marco Antonio Villeda, Michael Chen, director general of the Investigation Bureau, and José Chih-cheng Han, director general of Taiwan’s foreign ministry department for Latin America and the Caribbean.

Guatemala’s embassy thanked Taiwan’s Investigation Bureau for supporting the initiative. It said the program would help develop Guatemala’s institutional capabilities while broadening bilateral cooperation in security, technology and the fight against transnational crime. The cooperation comes as a cybersecurity law remains stalled in Guatemala’s Congress. The legislation would establish prison penalties for actions including entering computer systems without authorization and impersonating another person.