16/06/2024
Specialists from the justice and security forces have attended this workshop on cryptocurrencies, learning about their potential risks and how they are used by criminal organisations
Taking into account the context of digital transformation that encompasses all areas of society as a whole, the main objective of this activity was to provide participants with information on cryptoassets and expose how criminal organisations use them to launder illicit assets.
Peru hosted the workshop on cryptocurrencies and money laundering organised by the project on the fight against drugs and organised crime, which took place in three cities in the country: Arequipa, Trujillo and Lima.
During the workshop, the participants were able to learn about cryptocurrencies, and discussed the potential risks, money laundering modalities with their use, exchanges, presence in video games and bitcoin cards, among others. Likewise, this activity has served to expose the attendees to the Money Laundering Manual, a working tool that was presented by the Ministry of the Interior and the European Union (EU) in 2023.
During the closing remarks, the EU Cooperation Attaché, Cristina Fernandes, pointed out the need to have working tools to deal with these crimes. ‘When we talk about money laundering, we must have
powerful tools to carry out asset investigations and, above all, use them correctly to dismantle criminal networks’.
For his part, Mario Accinelli, Director of the Directorate against Organised Crime of the Peruvian National Police, thanked the EU for its support to the operators in obtaining new tools and fulfilling their duties. ‘I would also like to thank you, the participants, for your enthusiasm, your desire to learn and improve in order to carry out more accurate procedures’. This activity is part of the joint efforts between the Peruvian State and the European Union to generate effective cooperation to help combat organised crime without borders.
The FIIAPP has mobilised two experts. From the General Council of the Judiciary of Spain, Magistrate Rosa María Freire Pérez and from the National Police of Spain, Inspector Eduardo Alonso Arjona.
