An international training seminar on the investigation of financial crimes and the return of illegal assets has begun at the Prosecutor General’s Office
The training was organized by the Law Enforcement Academy on the basis of the Law Enforcement Services Center of the Prosecutor General’s Office with the support of the US Embassy.
Employees of law enforcement and fiscal authorities of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan took part.
The experts involved teachers of the Academy, representatives of the Prosecutor General’s Office, the National Bank, the State Revenue Committee, the Committee for Financial Monitoring, as well as foreign experts.
The purpose of the event is to improve the skills of specialists involved in the investigation of economic crimes and exchange experience in their suppression.
This training is carried out within the framework of the status of the basic educational institution received by the Academy for advanced training and retraining of personnel for law enforcement and tax authorities of the CIS member states.
It is noted that this status of the Academy reveals the possibilities for knowledge exchange and practical experience between the fiscal authorities of the countries of the Commonwealth on combating economic crime. This will create a unified information and analytical knowledge base in the field of tax investigations, develop a legislative strategy in the fight against transnational threats, and create the opportunity to attract experienced experts and specialists for criminal prosecution authorities.
A weekly training program is developed taking into account the topics proposed by the participating States. These include the concepts of money laundering, the basics of conducting an internal investigation in the banking sector, the capabilities of financial intelligence units, methods of working with open sources of law enforcement services and the seizure of assets abroad, as well as examples of the use of cryptocurrency as a means of laundering proceeds from crime.
At the same time, experts will present modern methods for identifying and recovering stolen assets, effective global practices for tracking and returning criminal capital exported abroad, and the main areas of international mutual legal assistance in this area.
For effective perception of information, participants will have to solve case problems related to the investigation of cybercrimes, economic smuggling, and investment fraud.
This event will improve the qualifications of investigators, master effective methods for identifying and combating financial crimes, and activate mechanisms for regional cooperation of fiscal authorities in the fight against economic crimes.
