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Interpol focuses upon the Darknet
Interpol has launched an initiative to keep businesses out of the dark.
Identifying the methods and strategies used by organised crime networks and individuals to avoid detection on the Darknet has become the focus of a specialist training course hosted by Interpol’s Global Complex for Innovation.
As part of the training, Interpol’s Cyber Research Laboratory created its own private Darknet network, private crypto-currency and simulated marketplace, subsequently recreating the virtual ‘underground’ environment used by criminals to avoid detection.
“Darknets are fast emerging as the preferred trading venue for organised crime networks and individuals to carry out illicit activities, with crypto-currencies the preferred medium for paying for these criminal services, ”said Madan Oberoi, director of Interpol’s Cyber Innovation and Outreach Unit.
“The specialist training provided by Interpol equips law enforcement professionals with the understanding and tools they need to take very real action on targeting criminals in the virtual world. This unique course also underlines the added value of Interpol’s Global Complex for Innovation to our member countries in helping them address emerging crime threats.”
Co-developed by Interpol and the Netherlands’ Organisation for Applied Scientific Research (TNO), the course also includes the concept of penetration testing marketplaces on a Darknet infrastructure to determine whether a system is vulnerable to attack.
Representatives from Australia, Finland, France, Ghana, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Netherlands, Singapore, Sri Lanka and Sweden attended the first training session.
A second course is scheduled to run in Brussels during November, with a separate training event also planned for senior law enforcement officers in order to raise awareness of these new threat areas at all policing levels.
Identifying areas for the enhanced sharing of operational information to more effectively combat terrorism in Europe and beyond was the focus of a recent meeting between Germany’s Minister of the Interior, Thomas de Maizière, and Interpol’s Secretary General Jürgen Stock.
Accompanied by Holger Münch, the President of the German Bundeskriminalamt (BKA), the Minister was briefed on Interpol’s capabilities in supporting member countries through intelligence sharing, analysis and training in border management techniques.
For more information, visit www.interpol.int/en
