A training seminar on financial investigations and the return of stolen assets from abroad was held by the Academy of Law Enforcement Agencies for employees of the Prosecutor’s Office, the Economic Investigation Service and the Anti-Corruption Service.
The Head of State has identified these issues as priorities in the activities of law enforcement agencies.
In order to ensure effective and well-coordinated work in this direction, an Interdepartmental Commission on Combating Illegal Concentration of Economic Resources was established by Presidential Decree. Coordination is entrusted to the Prosecutor General’s Office.
As practice shows, the return of criminal capital is a time–consuming process associated with the difficulties of identifying assets, establishing their location and subsequent repatriation, and interacting with the authorities of foreign jurisdictions.
For three days, experienced international and national experts taught real-world case studies on methods of conducting financial investigations, identifying schemes for the legalization of criminal proceeds and the withdrawal of capital outside the country, including the possibilities of using information exchange tools (KARIN, EGMONT, ARIN), searching, establishing, seizing and returning property obtained by criminal means.
The event was organized with the support of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime and the U.S. Embassy in the Republic of Kazakhstan.
