Esther George

LLB (Hons), LLM, MA, Senior Policy Advisor at Crown Prosecution Service, UK

Esther is a Senior Policy Adviser and prosecutor based at the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) HQ Strategy and Policy Directorate, London. Esther specialises in internet and computer enabled crime, digital evidence, intellectual property theft and data protection. In January 2002 Esther became the project manager for the CPS High-Tec Crime Project. Esther has advised prosecutors at all levels within HQ and Area CPS offices, police and other Government bodies. Esther presently acts as a consultant to other prosecutors in high-tec crime cases. She developed and designed the CPS national high-tec crime training course for prosecutors and as a result, the CPS has a trained cadre Of high-tec crime specialists. Esther regularly speaks on high-tec crime issues at conferences and training sessions nationally and internationally. In 2010 Esther recieved a Certificate of Merit award from the International Association of Prosecutors for initiating and developing the Global Prosecutors E-Crime Network (GPEN) which is an on-line information sharing network to help solve high-tec crime around the world.