Madrid, 27th November 2014

Auditorium of the Ministry of Health, Social Services and Equality - Paseo del Prado, Madrid No. 18 . Spain

Elvira Tejada de la Fuente

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Elvira Tejada de la Fuente

Prosecutor with the Supreme Court’s computer crime unit in charge also of criminal protection of equality and against discrimination for the Attorney General of the State

Beginning her career as prosecutor in 1981, Tejada de la Fuente has held various jobs related to the functions of Spain’s Public Prosecutor, practising in many positions of responsibility.

In 2000 and 2004, as the senior prosecutor of the prosecutor’s office of the High Court of Justice of Madrid, she coordinated activities in the Office of the Prosecutor in Spain’s capital on an ongoing basis.

On July 1, 2004, she was named Chief Prosecutor of the Technical Office of the Attorney General, holding this position until July 11, 2011. During this time, in which she was promoted to the highest rank of the Public Prosecution, she held the post of National Correspondent of Eurojust in the area of terrorism, participating in both the annual meetings of Eurojust correspondents held in the Hague as well as various terrorism working groups in which the Spanish prosecutor’s office participated. Between December 2007 and November 2008 she also carried out the duties of Deputy Attorney General for Computer Crime.

By order of the Attorney General dated April 1, 2011, she was appointed to her current position as State Prosecutor for Computer Crime. She has been serving since July 12 of that year, coordinating at the national level all activities of Spain’s Public Ministry in relation to computer crime as well as the structure and operation of a network of prosecutors specialising in this area.

In addition, as of December 12, 2012, she reconciles this function with her duties as Deputy Attorney General for Criminal Protection for Equality and Anti-Discrimination, to which she was appointed by Decree on that date.

In addition to other teaching activities at national and international institutions, she often attends meetings of the T-CY of the Budapest Convention and was a member of the Expert Group on Cybercrime convened by NN UU in Vienna this past February.