The Transnational Threats Department of OSCE has made exclusive development. It has collaborated with the Astana-based OSCE Programme Office and the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). With this partnership, the organization conducted a training court concerning the Darknet and crypto-related investigations. The respective investigations are carried out by the Law Enforcement Academy which operates under Kazakhstan’s Prosecutor General’s Office.
OSCE Conducts a Darknet and Crypto-Related Training Course in Kazakhstan in Collaboration with UNODC
OSCE disclosed the respective move on its official website. As per the organization, it conducted the respective training course between the 19th and the 23rd of June this year. The participants of the course included twenty representatives of the country’s Ministry of Internal Affairs. The other members took into account the Karaganda and Almaty Academies of the internal affairs ministry.
Additionally, the Office of the Prosecutor General’s Law Enforcement Academy was also a participant. The people responsible for delivering the respective course include a couple of international professionals from Ukraine and Germany. The course’s initial part brought to the front the chief concepts dealing with cryptocurrency and blockchain. It additionally lets the participants practice the approaches related to seizing, tracing, as well as profiling crypto assets.
A representative of the top crypto exchange Binance offered a presentation covering the firm’s collaboration with criminal investigations and law enforcement. In the course’s 2nd part, the members got knowledge regarding the operations of the Darknet and Tor network. The respective network assists criminals in the evasion of online detection. Apart from that, they also talked about the chief characteristics of the criminal landscape on the Darknet.
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Moreover, they went on to discuss the approaches covering the conduction of investigations and searches on the Darknet. Maralbek Eshimov, who serves as the Vice-Rector at the Law Enforcement Academy that works under the Prosecutor General’s Office, commented on this endeavour. He mentioned that the crypto assets are getting more and more traction nowadays, particularly within the jurisdiction of Kazakhstan.
The Course Focuses on Bringing Cybercriminals to Justice
Eshimov also stated that the country has been placed at a significant position among the top jurisdictions supporting Bitcoin mining. Because of this, he added, the crypto assets are being widely utilized for payments performed for criminal operations. The main purpose of the latest training course is hence to bring such criminals to justice. The respective training was the 3rd national course offered in Kazakhstan by the OSCE. UNODC