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OSCE Centre promotes cybercrime investigation techniques in Kazakhstan

12 March 2013
The OSCE is conducting a training course that focuses on global issues of cyber-, information and communication technology security and the increasing misuse of computer systems by various criminal groups in Kazakhstan. (iStockphoto)

ASTANA, 12 March 2013 - A four-day training session for representatives of the Financial Police, the Financial Police Academy, the Supreme Court, the General Prosecutor’s Office, the Finance Ministry’s Committee on Financial Monitoring, the non-governmental Association on Countering the Laundering of Illegal Assets, central and commercial banks, police and other legal officials began in Koshchi near Astana today.

The course, which is led by international experts from Turkey, Ukraine and the US, will focus on global issues of cyber, information and communication technology security and the increasing misuse of advanced computer systems by various criminal groups in Kazakhstan.

The training was jointly organized by the OSCE Centre in Astana, the Financial Police Academy and the US Embassy in Kazakhstan with the aim of enhancing the trainees' capacity to detect and investigate cybercrimes. Course materials were designed to meet the participants’ specific needs and include best practices and techniques related to cybercrime investigation and prosecution, anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism.

"Cybercrime is a new and growing challenge to our societies. The OSCE Centre in Astana supports Kazakhstan in addressing the issue of cybersecurity in a comprehensive manner," said Jeannette Kloetzer, Deputy Head of the OSCE Office in Astana.

“Cybercrime is characterized by a high level of latency and a low level of detection. Not only can people become its victims, but also entire states. We appreciate our international partners’ support in strengthening our country’s security,” said Mikhail Bonk, Acting Head of Kazakhstan’s Financial Police Academy.

The training is part of a series of OSCE Centre activities designed to promote good governance and to contribute to a safer society carried out in partnership with Kazakhstan’s national stakeholders, the OSCE Secretariat in Vienna and international organizations present in the country.