terrorism, effective policies and countermeasures, and community-based approaches. The
event was designed to improve know-how and operational methods; acquire knowledge of
international best practices and the international co-operation framework in this sphere; and
develop relevant skills and knowledge about current trends in terrorist activities.
In response to emerging cyber security threats and in order to provide practical experience in
database protection and investigation of cyber attacks, the PCU organized an international
training on cyber security and investigation of cyber attacks on 18 November, covering such
issues as critical infrastructure cyber security, cyber fraud investigation and national cyber
security strategies, for 25 SBU officers. The training targeted SBU experts and investigators
and was conducted by prominent national SBU-invited experts and specialists from the US
Embassy in Kyiv. Special sessions were devoted to a survey of modern malicious software
and its primary analysis facilities, the FBI Legal Attaché Office and 24/7 Preservation
Network and the MLAT Process/Explanation and Electronic Evidence Procedures.
Trafficking in Human Beings
During 2014, the PCU and the Ukrainian Ministry for Social Policy launched the second
phase of the multiplication of the state-led national referral mechanism (NRM) in the
Ukrainian regions of Chernivtsi, Khmelnitsky, Vynnytsia, Luhansk, Donetsk, Kharkiv,
Zhytomyr, Rivne, Volyn, Sumy, Kirovohrad, Kyiv and the city of Kyiv. To discuss the plans of
the project implementation, round tables involving key regional NRM stakeholders and PCU
project staff were held in 11 of the above NRM multiplication regions. In total, over 300
hundred attendees participated in these events, including more than 30 law enforcement
officers from specialized anti-trafficking and public security departments, as well as criminal
police covering child-related issues. As a result of capacity building efforts and awareness
raising-activities within the NRM multiplication in 2014, 27 persons were granted the status of
a victim of trafficking in human beings (ten women, 12 men and five children).
On 13-14 November, the PCU, in co-operation with the Ukrainian Ministry of Interior, General
Prosecutor’s Office and High Specialized Court for Civil and Criminal Cases, conducted an
international conference for approximately 140 participants to discuss challenges in the
prosecution of trafficking in human beings. The conference brought together representatives
of the specialized anti-trafficking police departments, investigators, prosecutors and judges
from all regions of Ukraine. The experts from Dutch, Finnish, Israeli, Moldovan and UK police
and prosecutorial authorities shared their experience in addressing various forms of human
trafficking with their Ukrainian counterparts. Particular focus was on ensuring a co-ordinated
and victim-centred approach to prosecution of all forms of human trafficking, including
trafficking for labour exploitation and removal of organs, and ways to address new trends,
e.g. increased risks of trafficking in the context of the current crisis situation, including among
Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs).
The PCU continued facilitating the translation of criminal files related to trafficking in human
beings and cybercrime cases obtained within the mutual legal assistance procedure by
specialized police units of the Ukrainian Ministry of Interior, with ten such files translated in
2014. The PCU also supported the participation of representatives from the Ukrainian
Ministries of Social Policy and Interior as well as Ombudsperson in two OSCE Vienna- and
Warsaw-based events, the HDIM29 on 1-3 October and the 14th Anti-Trafficking Alliance on
4-5 November.
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