ITMCFM has launched an in-person training aimed at strengthening the capacity of the competent authorities of Central Asian countries in countering money laundering and drug trafficking involving virtual assets.
More than 20 specialists from Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan are taking part in the event.
Opening the programme, the co-organizers of the course — representatives of the ITMCFM and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) — addressed the participants.
Oleg Ivanov, First Deputy Director General of ITMCFM, welcomed the participants and outlined the key objectives of the course. He thanked UNODC partners for the well-established cooperation and noted the importance of joint work in training a new generation of specialists.
Alexander Vodyanoy, a representative of UNODC, emphasized that it was precisely active and well-coordinated cooperation that made it possible to hold this course and bring together such a representative group of participants. He noted that the intensive programme would provide attendees not only with valuable knowledge but also with new opportunities for further professional interaction.
The event will last for five days, during which participants will examine the specific features of interagency and interstate cooperation in parallel financial investigations, best examples of criminal practice in seizing crypto-assets, issues related to proactive financial investigations, the use of the capacities of international and national anti-drug platforms, and much more.
