Following the piloting of the specialized police training course on combating domestic violence, the PCU, in co-operation with the MoI, finalized and published 800 copies of the course to be used in the Ministry’s educational institutions. In order to improve police officers’ skills in dealing with domestic violence perpetrators and victims, the PCU established two interactive training rooms in the National Academy of the Interior Ministry (Kiev) and the Lviv State University of the Interior Ministry to be used as training facilities to stage real life domestic violence scenarios. To ensure effective functioning of the newly equipped interactive training rooms the PCU, in November, supported a two-day working meeting for representatives of the MoI, its educational institutions and regional precinct police divisions. Cybercrime Upon request from the MoI, the PCU extended its co-operation with the Department for Combating Cybercrimes and Trafficking in Human Beings in order to reduce ICT-facilitated crimes related to trafficking in human beings. In co-operation with the SPMU, the PCU facilitated training and equipment needs assessment for the Department, which was presented at a roundtable in October. Following the recommendations of the needs assessment, the PCU provided the equipment for the staff of the Department. The PCU also supported the participation of representatives from the Ukrainian MoI, Security Service and Prosecutor General’s Office in the SPMU-organized Training Seminar “Investigation and Prosecution of Sexual Abuse of Children on the Internet”, held in Vilnius on 24-27 May. In November, the PCU also supported the participation of MoI experts in the SPMUorganized meetings with anti-cybercrime, anti-trafficking and victim protection authorities in the UK (see also chapter 2). 82

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