A national simulation training on responding to cases of legalization (laundering) of proceeds from drug-related crimes has begun in Almaty city.
The event was organized by the Law Enforcement Academy under the Prosecutor General’s Office in conjunction with CARICC, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Financial Monitoring Committee of the Ministry of Finance, with the support of the INL Division of the US Embassy in Kazakhstan, the OSCE Program Office in Nur Sultan and UNODC.
The training is attended by representatives of the prosecutor’s office, the police, economic investigation and financial monitoring units.
Experts from Belarus, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan took part as experts.
In preparation for the training, experts from law enforcement and government agencies, special educational institutions, international organizations and the banking sector of Kazakhstan developed scenarios and actors profiles.
During the training, real cases of drug distribution and laundering of proceeds from drug crime will be modeled.
The task of the participants is to carry out all the necessary operational and investigative actions, to establish a circle of persons involved in the crime, schemes for the legalization of proceeds from the drug trade, with the subsequent sending of the criminal case to the court and maintaining the state prosecution.
As the organizers of the event noted, the problems raised during training are relevant throughout the world.
According to UNODC research, the amount of annually confiscated funds and other property received by drug traffickers as a result of drug trafficking is only 0.5% of the total number of drug proceeds recoverable.
In Kazakhstan, about 7 thousand criminal offenses in the field of drug trafficking are registered annually. Of these, over the past three years, only 16 criminal offenses in the field of money laundering have been registered. And only 10 criminal cases were sent to court.
In this regard, the importance of a training event to strengthen the fight against drug crime, professional development of specialists, the need for interagency consolidation to combat illegal drug trafficking is noted.
The event will last until December 13 of this year. and will be covered on the official pages of the Academy on social networks (Facebook: academygp, instagram: academy_gp.kz, telegram: academygpkz, VKontakte: academy_gp1).
We note that on December 13, 2019, a simulation trial will be held with the participation of the current judges of the city of Almaty.
Media representatives are invited to cover this event.
Journalists will have the opportunity to interview experts and participants, get acquainted with the working materials of the training.
For those wishing to participate, please pass accreditation before 20:00 on December 12, 2019 by phone 8-775-666-43-99 or e-mail: rbs5166@mail.ru.
Location: Almaty, st. Abay, 52, CARICC office.
The trial will take place after 2:30 p.m.
The exact time will be announced to additionally accredited media representatives at 9:00 a.m. on January 13, 2019.
