Binance held a training for investigators and deputies of the civil police of the state of Goiás on September 29. The training was delivered by the exchange’s Intelligence and Investigations team and is part of the company’s ongoing efforts to expand knowledge about the blockchain industry and cryptocurrencies.
Furthermore, Binance aims to contribute to strengthening actions to prevent, investigate and combat financial illegal activities involving cryptocurrencies.
The event covered the concepts of blockchain and cryptoassets, investigations involving cryptoassets, Binance’s AML (money laundering prevention) policies, and the processes and tools the company has developed to cooperate with authorities in combating cyber and financial crimes .
The exchange has already organized similar workshops for investigators from the Federal Police in Brasilia and for prosecutors and investigators from the Public Prosecutions of Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo, as well as for invited bodies.
Goiás Civil Police Delegate considers Binance training important in fighting crimes
The delegate of the Civil Police of Goiás, who participated in the Binance event, Vytautas Fabiano Silva Zumasalso a master in Blockchain and Cryptoactives, praised the broker’s training action.
“The decentralization inherent in the cryptoactive market requires specific knowledge from the researcher that is not always easy to find. Proactive actions by companies in the ecosystem, such as the training in question, shorten the path in the search for such knowledge and enable greater efficiency in the repression of serious and complex crimes, such as money laundering, drug trafficking and terrorist financing.”
This is not the brokerage’s first training with the public sector in Brazil, having taken place before in other states.
“Collaboration between the public and private sectors is essential not only for the healthy development of the crypto ecosystem, but also for the success of research involving crypto assets. This Binance initiative aims to exchange knowledge and experiences and train police officers active in the field of repression of cybercrime, financial crimes, child sexual exploitation and other related crimes with a financial aspect, always seeking the aim is to improve and align the performance of the judiciary. police in Brazil and around the world“said Renato Bastos, specialist in Binance investigations and former public prosecutor in Rio de Janeiro, who led the training in Goiás.
The training program has already trained more than 100 authorities around the world
In 2022, Binance launched the Global Law Enforcement Training Program, aiming to help authorities combat crimes and financial crimes involving cryptocurrencies.
In the first half of this year alone, the exchange’s Intelligence and Investigations team has conducted more than 60 in-person training sessions for authorities around the world, in addition to another 70 held last year.
It also responded to more than 40,000 requests for information from authorities between January and September 2023, in addition to a further 50,000 requests answered by the same team in 2022.
Source: Live Coins

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