The international training seminar for fiscal authorities of the CIS countries “Combating the legalization (laundering) of proceeds from crime”, organized by the Law Enforcement Academy with the support of the Conrad Adenauer Foundation.
The training event is held in the framework of the status of the basic educational institution received by the Academy for advanced training and retraining of personnel for the tax (financial) bodies of the CIS member states.
Employees of state and fiscal authorities of Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Ukraine take part in it.
The purpose of the training is to improve the skills of specialists in the field of investigation of financial crimes, to intensify interagency cooperation and exchange of experience in combating financial crimes.
Opening the seminar, Vice-Rector of the Academy Maralbek Yesimov noted the particular urgency of the problem of financial crime in the context of globalization, and in this regard, the importance of holding a training event.
According to experts, the annual amount of money laundering in the world is about 2 trillion US dollars, which is 2-5% of global GDP. One solution to the problem is to work together to unite the efforts of states to counter such crimes, he stressed.
Weekly training will take place according to a special curriculum developed taking into account topics proposed by the participating states.
Experts will share modern techniques for identifying and recovering stolen assets. They will tell about the best world practices of effective monitoring and return of criminal capital exported abroad, countering the financing of terrorism, and the main directions of international legal assistance in this area.
They will also acquaint students with the concepts of money laundering, methods of using cryptocurrencies and Darknet as a means of laundering criminal proceeds.
Students will also learn to identify patterns of money laundering, conduct an investigation, learn about the features of conducting an internal investigation in the banking sector, and the capabilities of financial intelligence units.
Kazakhstani experts will share their experience in introducing digital technologies into pre-trial production (AWP ERDR, E-UD, Zandylyk, SIOPS).
Listeners will apply their personal experience and knowledge acquired at the seminar in solving case problems related to the investigation of a criminal case on money laundering.
Following the results of the training, a round table will be held on which topical issues of regional cooperation in the framework of the fight against financial crime will be discussed. The recommendations of the forum participants will be forwarded to the Executive Committee of the CEISC.
