The Department of Investigation of Cybercrime and High Technology Crime of General Department of Investigation of Particularly Important Cases of the RA Investigative Committee continues the series of training courses aimed at skills development of several investigators of territorial subdivisions of the Committee within the proceedings on crimes committed in high technology sphere and obtaining electronic evidence.

The 11th consecutive training course was held at the Academy of Justice. The topic of the course was “The role and significance of financial investigation in the process of investigation within the proceedings on money laundering and other crimes with a financial component”.

The course was conducted by Victor Vardanyan, an expert of the NESA Center of the US National Defense University, who has worked as a special agent in particularly important cases for many years in the US Homeland Security Agency, who gives training lectures at various prestigious U.S. universities and law enforcement training centers. The agreement was reached with him within the framework of the visit of Robert Adilkhanyan, the Head of the Department of Investigation of Cybercrime and High Technology Crime of General Department of Investigation of Particularly Important Cases, to NESA Center of Washington National Defense University in August of this year with the support of the U.S. Embassy.

In the opening speech of the training course R. Adilkhanyan attached importance to the necessity of conduction of effective financial investigation in the period of high technology development. He noted that indicators of recovery of the damage caused by crime and return of funds obtained as a result of money laundering should be one of the most important components of the effectiveness of the investigation. R. Adilkhanyan also stated that the RA Investigative Committee with the support of the U.S. Embassy intends to expand the cooperation with the NESA Center of the U.S. National Defense University with regard to which necessary steps are taken.

During the course the participants had an opportunity to ask their questions to the expert in a question-and-answer format in order to get acquainted with the U.S. leading experience and features of the investigation of crimes in the mentioned field.