United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime

Central America and the Caribbean

Training in Cybercrime Investigation in Costa Rica

Costa Rica, 20 May 2021. The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime for Central America and the Caribbean (UNODC ROPAN), through the Global Programme on Cybercrime, delivered a training addressed to Costa Rican prosecutors in cybercrime investigation. The training took place from 6 to 17 May 2021.

The objectives of this sixteen-hour training were to explain the methods and techniques used by investigators to obtain evidence found in cyberspace; and to describe cross-cutting concepts related to the cybercrime phenomenon, such as the structure of cyberspace, cryptocurrencies, as well as the importance of international cooperation and public-private collaboration in investigating cybercrime.

In this context, the following topics were developed: how cybercriminals act, cyber organized crime, cryptocurrencies basics, open source intelligence, digital forensics concepts, identifying and acquiring digital evidence, and requesting digital evidence from technology companies across borders.

This training has been made possible thanks to the funding from the British government to the UNODC Global Programme on Cybercrime