To efficiently identify and recover stolen assets

The seminar on the investigation of financial crimes related to laundering of criminal proceeds and the return of illegal assets has completed. The training was organized by the Law Enforcement Academy on the basis of the Regional Hub to Combat Global Threats.

The event was attended by employees of the Supreme Court, the Prosecutor General’s Office, the National Security Committee, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the State Revenue Committee of the Ministry of Finance, the Agency for Civil Service and Anti-Corruption Affairs, and regional prosecutors.

The purpose of the training is the advanced training of specialists in the field of investigation of financial crimes, training in the skills of effective tracking and recovery of stolen assets.

The training was conducted by UN expert Vladimir Kozin and judge of the Court of Appeal of England Anthony Hooper. Specialists shared modern methods of detecting and investigating corruption crimes, experience in the return of stolen assets. They talked about the best world practices of ensuring the return of criminal capital exported abroad, the main areas of international mutual legal assistance in this area.

The seminar was held in an interactive question-and-answer format, during which participants exchanged views and solved thematic problems. All this allowed students to acquire new knowledge and skills, to learn effective ways and methods of detecting and combating financial crimes.