OSCE organizes training course on financial investigations, virtual currencies and darknet in Armenia

OSCE, jointly with the Council of Europe, organized a training course on financial investigations, cryptocurrencies and the use of the darknet for police officers, prosecutors, and representatives of the National Security Service, Investigative Committee, and the Central Bank of Armenia. Over 20 participants attended the training course held from 19 to 21 January in Yerevan.

The training course introduced matters of financial investigations and intelligence gathering for financial fraud and money laundering offences, as well as handling of virtual currencies and the use of the darknet in criminal investigations. The interactive course was concluded by case-based and simulation exercises, where participants applied the theoretical knowledge they had gained through the course.

The training course aims to strengthen the capacities of Armenia to address cybercrime by enhancing the responsiveness of the criminal justice system.

The training programme is part of the OSCE extra-budgetary project “Capacity Building on Combating and Preventing Cybercrime in Armenia”. The project is implemented by the Strategic Police Matters Unit of the OSCE Transnational Threats Department and funded by Germany.