From 29 June to 3 July, the Law Enforcement Academy hosted a professional development course for staff from the Public Prosecutor’s Office, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Economic Investigations Service on the topic: «Digital technologies in the investigation and supervision of cases involving cybercrime and drug-related offences. Specifics of investigating criminal cases related to drug trafficking and the use of cryptocurrencies».
As part of the training, participants honed their practical skills in identifying, investigating and documenting drug offences committed using digital technologies, dark web platforms and cryptocurrencies, and also studied mechanisms for identifying and tracing the proceeds of crime.
The course programme covered issues relating to combating organised drug crime in the digital environment, the use of OSINT tools, the analysis of blockchain transactions, the commissioning of forensic examinations of digital assets, the identification of money-laundering schemes and cooperation with cryptocurrency exchanges.
The practical part of the training was based on the analysis of real criminal cases investigated by special prosecutors in Shymkent and the Ulytau region concerning the organisers of the Telegram channels «Karbon Operator» and «Kaif Mafia», which enabled participants to familiarise themselves with modern approaches to investigating drug-related crimes.
