National simulation training on combating drug crime

The Academy of Law Enforcement Agencies, together with partners, conducted another National simulation training on countering laundering (legalization) of proceeds from drug crime.

The event was held on the basis of the Central Asian Regional Information Coordination Center for Combating Illicit Drug Trafficking (CARICC) with the support of the OSCE Program Office in Nur-Sultan, the Department for International Drug Control and Rule of Law (INL) of the U.S. Embassy in Kazakhstan and the UNODC Regional Office in Central Asia.

The training is based on the principle of simulation of real cases, during which participants of interdepartmental investigative and operational groups practiced the skills of effective interaction in identifying and investigating criminal schemes. Real cases of distribution of narcotic drugs and laundering of the proceeds from it are modeled.

The task of the participants is to carry out all the necessary operational and investigative actions, to establish the circle of persons involved in the crime, schemes for the legalization of income received from drug trafficking.

The training is aimed at improving the professionalism of law enforcement officers, studying the world and national experience in investigating cases of this category.

24 representatives of the Prosecutor’s Office, national security, internal affairs and financial monitoring bodies from Akmola, West Kazakhstan, Mangistau and Pavlodar regions were trained.