PARTICIPATION OF ASSOCIATION MEMBERS IN THE INTERNATIONAL TRAINING SEMINAR ON COMBATING FRAUD AND ECONOMIC CRIMES IN THE STATE

On September 12-13, 2016, a two-day international training seminar on the problems of European experience in the functioning of an effective system for protecting the financial interests of the state from fraud and economic crimes was held at the President Hotel in Kyiv, in which representatives of the Odessa State University of Internal Affairs participated.

The event was organized by the European Commission together with the Department of Economic Protection of the National Police of Ukraine and the National Academy of Internal Affairs using the TAIEX international technical assistance instrument.

The Association of Scientists and Specialists in the Field of Operational and Investigative Activities was represented by Doctor of Law, Professor Oleksandr Yevgeniyovych Korystin, Candidate of Law, Associate Professor Artem Oleksiyovych Shelekhov, and Candidate of Law, Associate Professor Maksym Viktorovych Korniyenko. The seminar participants included both domestic and international experts.

The seminar discussed issues related to: practical experience of cooperation between EU financial intelligence services in combating money laundering and organized economic crime, technical support of EUROPOL during investigations of transnational economic crimes, international cooperation of law enforcement agencies in investigating economic crimes and the role of EUROJUST, as well as experience in conducting cross-border investigations of crimes in the budgetary sphere.

Along with this, reports on the following topics were presented to the attendees: "Proposals for increasing the effectiveness of the fight against fraud by the criminal police units of Ukraine", "Criminal analysis in combating economic crimes", "Problems of returning funds acquired through criminal means to Ukraine", "Use of IT technologies provided by UNODC and the practice of applying IT technologies by financial intelligence", "Cooperation between the EU and Ukraine in combating serious economic crimes: specific steps to increase efficiency".