Cristos
Velasco
Biography
Professional Background
Cristos is an international attorney educated and trained in Mexico, USA, Spain, and Germany. He is a practitioner in criminal law and cyberspace regulation with +20 years of experience advising and consulting in the fields of cybercrime & electronic evidence, cybersecurity, data privacy and artificial intelligence.
He holds six internationally recognized certifications in his area of practice, and he is the author of four books and many co-authored articles and publications in said fields. He has served as external consultant to international organizations, think-tanks and industry and government funded projects dealing with cybercrime, organized crime, artificial intelligence, cross-border data sharing, privacy and safeguards.
He has worked with EL PACCTO 2.0, UNODC Global Programme on Cybercrime, Council of Europe C-PROC (GLACY+ & CyberSouth), International Development Law Organization (IDLO), Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).
He is an adjunct professor of law at the Duale Hochschule Baden Wuerttemberg State Cooperative University (DHBW) in Mannheim and Stuttgart, Germany. He holds a PhD in Law (Summa Cum Laude) from Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M), a Master of Laws (LLM) from the University of Arizona, and a law degree from Universidad Del Valle de Mexico.
AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION
Intelligence
Advisory
Training
Research and Publications
Global Fora and Speaking
International Projects
EL PACCTO 2.0
Europe Latin America Programme of Assistance against Transnational Organised Crime. EU regional cooperation program. External consultant since 2024 in Artificial Intelligence and Organized Crime.
UNODC — Global Programme on Cybercrime
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. External consultant since 2023 for South and Central America in capacity building, training and international cooperation.
Council of Europe — C-PROC GLACY-e
Global Action on Cybercrime Enhanced. External consultant 2014–2023. Drafting legislation and training on cybercrime, e-evidence and international cooperation.
INTERPOL
Assisted in drafting the National Cybercrime Strategy Guidebook within the ASEAN Cyber Capacity Development Project (ACCDP), April 2021.
IDLO — International Development Law Organization
Supported the government of Armenia in improving legal framework on cybercrime and electronic evidence under 'Criminal Law Reform in Armenia', 2022.
OECD
Supported drafting of sections on digital trust and privacy for the OECD Going Digital Toolkit for Latvia and Brazil, 2017–2018.
ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS
DHBW Mannheim & Stuttgart
Adjunct Law Professor since 2012. Courses: Information Technology Law and International Business Law & the Law of International Organizations.
Academy of European Law (ERA)
Invited lecturer and trainer since 2014. Topics: cybercrime, electronic evidence, AI and digital transformation.
EUCyberNet
Member since 2022. International network of cybersecurity experts. Summer Schools in Lisbon 2024 and Berlin 2025.
