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26 November, 2018
Participants in the workshop, organized by the State Control Committee's Financial Investigations Department, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), are discussing the fight against corruption and financial crimes committed using new technology. The meeting is being held on the 26 November 2018 in Minsk.
Representatives of the Office of the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities Andrei Muntyan and UNODC Alexey Feschenko are participating in the workshop as invited experts.
Belarus is represented at the workshop by the employees of the State Control Committee's Financial Monitoring Department and Financial Investigations Department, headed by Deputy Chairman of the State Control Committee – FID Director Igor Marshalov.
It should be noted that the problem linked to the use of new payment technology and virtual currencies remains relevant throughout the world.
In this regard, with input from the representatives of the OSCE and UNODC attending the workshop, participants are expected to discuss new payment technologies, cryptocurrency risks, methods and approaches used for tracking the movement of virtual currencies, ways to combat and document criminal activity carried out through shadow online platforms such as DarkNet and DeepWeb, and the key trends in the development of financial monitoring in blockchain networks.
The interest in this topic displayed by financial investigation bodies is not accidental, since the fostering of an innovative environment in Belarus and the country's course towards the development of information technology and building a modern digital economy also entail certain risks of financial crime transformation. In this context, the possible use of new technology and virtual currencies to commit financial crimes, coupled with a more aggressive use of DarkNet, seems particularly likely.
