ISP provides cyber crime training to Ukrainian officials

INDIANAPOLIS – The Indiana State Police know cyber crime knows no borders.

The agency provided training to Ukrainian law enforcement cyber crime investigators on Wednesday.

Members of the Ukrainian law enforcement delegation also toured the Indiana State Police Cyber Crime Office, giving them insight into the cutting-edge forensic work performed by the Indiana State Police.

The training and tour was part of an exchange program coordinated by the United States Department of Justice and College of Technology, Purdue University.

Visiting members of the delegation included representatives from the Ministry of Interior of Ukraine, Cybercrime Division as well as personnel from the Kiev National Police Academy, Odessa Police Academy, Kharkiv National University of Internal Affairs, Dnipropetrovsk State University of Internal Affairs, Security Service of Ukraine, The Ukrainian Scientific and Research Institute of Special Equipment and Forensic Expertise and the Kiev National Academy of Prosecutors of Ukraine, Ministry of Justice.

Forging working relationships with foreign governments allows all concerned to work together to detect and prosecute persons responsible for computer crimes, including network intrusion, online child exploitation, and online fraud.