Methods of committing ML/TF predicate crimes using information, digital and financial technologies

Form of event:

Hybrid (face-to-face + video conferencing)

Event language

Simultaneous translation (number and nomenclature of languages to be agreed)

Target audience:

representatives of financial intelligence units (FIUs) and law enforcement agencies of states

Organizers:

International Training and Methodological Center for Financial Monitoring (ITMCFM)

Moderator:

ITMCFM representatives

Purpose and objectives of training:

The goal is to familiarize students with the existing methods of committing ML/TF predicate crimes using information, digital and financial technologies, with the specifics of solving and investigating crimes of this category, as well as with the specifics of proving ML/TF facts, including through parallel financial investigations.

The event is aimed at increasing the level of compliance with IT 1, 7, 8, 9 and Rec. 3, 15, 29, 30, 31

Learning objectives:

1.     To study the existing ways of committing ML/TF predicate crimes using information, digital and financial technologies (Overview by types of illegal activities, statistical approaches for the purpose of the Methodology for assessing technical compliance with the FATF recommendations and the effectiveness of the AML/CFT system, Groups of analytical features and analytical features law enforcement block for the formation of indicators of statistical reporting in the field of AML in relation to the field of IT, separate projects to improve the quality and coherence of data contained in state information resources in the Russian Federation for AML / CFT purposes).
2.    To study the current threats and vulnerabilities of the international system for combating drug trafficking and money laundering.
3.    Based on the experience of the Russian Federation, to study the practice of pre-trial restriction of Internet access to prohibited information about narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances.
4.    To study the features of identifying, documenting and proving criminal acts in the field of drug trafficking committed using information, telecommunication and financial technologies.
5.    To study the technical aspects of the analysis of transactions of virtual currencies operating on a public blockchain, international experience and Russian developments in this area, methods and tools for analyzing cryptocurrency transactions, as well as case examples.
6.    To study the algorithm for working out the financial component of non-contact forms of crimes, including national and international aspects.
7.    To study the prospects for reformatting the institution of operational-search rights and the system of proof in criminal proceedings in the context of crimes of the IT category, as well as the features of detecting and investigating crimes using information, digital and financial technologies.
8.    Study the specifics of proving ML/TF facts, including through parallel financial investigations in relation to ML/TF predicate crimes using information, digital and financial technologies.
9.    Consider using practical examples of the technique of conducting cryptocurrency investigations using the "Transparent Blockchain" service and open sources.
10.    To study the practice of prosecutorial supervision in the field of combating crimes committed using information-communication technologies