United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime

Central America and the Caribbean

Specialized Training on Computer Forensic

Guatemala, November 12, 2018. The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime for Central America and the Caribbean (UNODC ROPAN) through its office in Guatemala and within the framework of the project "Strengthening the Capacity to Prevent and Combat Cybercrime and Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) in Central America" inaugurated on November 12, 2018 the Specialized Training on Computer Forensics.

The objectives of the specialized training were to strengthen the skills of police officers, professional investigators and analysts with extensive knowledge and experience in forensic computer science, handling and analysis of digital evidence, cybercrime investigation, forensic reports, as well as in the recovery of digital data, preservation, analysis and presentation of evidence for legal use.

The training was attended by eight (8) officers of the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DICRI), twelve (12) officers of the Specialized Division in Criminal Investigation (DEIC), six (6) officers of the Directorate of Criminal Investigations and two (2) officers of the Criminal Analysis Department of the Public Prosecutor's Office, through a 4-module program with a total of 162 training hours.

The Specialized Training on Computer Forensic was generously funded by the Canadian Government, through the Anti-Crime Capacity Building Program (ACCBP).