CYBER CRIME TRAINING FOR ARMENIAN LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS

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During the week of May 14 through the 18th, three U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agents will conduct a Computer (Cyber) Crime Training Course at the Police Academy of the Republic of Armenia in Yerevan. The attendees include eight officials from the National Security Service, five from the RA Police and four from the National Bureau of Expertises.

The Computer (Cyber) Crime Training Course is designed by computer experts to familiarize law enforcement officers with examples of common computer crimes and investigative methods. The course will give the participants instruction on how criminals can use computers to commit crimes, the risk of “hackers” to computer networks, and how to trace the computer evidence that criminals leave behind.

The course is funded by the International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs Office of the U.S. Embassy in Yerevan. U.S. Charge d’Affaires Anthony Godfrey presented graduation certificates to the participants upon completion of the course.

This project is only part of the U.S. Government’s comprehensive law enforcement assistance program in the Republic of Armenia. The U.S. Embassy in Yerevan, through its International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Section, has funded the renovation of such facilities as the National Bureau of Expertises, the Police Induction Center in Kanaker, the Border Guards Training Facility in Yerevan and the Customs House in Vanadzor. The Embassy has donated computer equipment in all these facilities, as well as the computer equipment in the Police Academy classroom where the cyber crime training will take place.

The Embassy is also working with the Government of Armenia to establish a nationwide, computerized border management information system and a nationwide computer network for the RA Police. The U.S. Government provides about $3 million a year in law enforcement assistance to Armenia to all these facilities.