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- 22 october 2024, 18:35
- The Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation
On the final day of the Summit, participants shared their experience in countering cybercrime and discussed forms of interagency interaction in this sphere.
The head of the Russian supervisory agency said, that in Russia digitalization covers all spheres of social and economic life, digital systems are rapidly developing, including a wide range of services for the public, including provision of government and financial services in electronic form.
«Considering that the spread of new types of IT crime often occurs faster than the response to them by law enforcement agencies, timely prevention of such acts is much more important than the subsequent elimination of the negative consequences that have occurred. It is precisely this principle that governs the formation of the entire relevant legal framework in the country», the Prosecutor General of Russia said.
Igor Krasnov emphasized that over the past five years, laws on the circulation of digital financial assets and digital currency have been adopted, the issues of cryptocurrency mining and taxation of this activity have been resolved, mechanisms for combating the theft of money from citizens’ bank accounts have been improved, and the possibility of anonymous access to communication services has been normatively classified as a threat to national security.
The Prosecutor General of Russia spoke in detail about the practice of combating cybercrime.
«Last year, for the first time at the interstate level, we initiated the arrest on the Binance crypto exchange of virtual assets of members of a criminal community stolen from citizens as a result of fraud. Productive investigations are also facilitated by domestic blockchain-based software used by law enforcement agencies and operated by the national financial intelligence agency. It enables to reveal the schemes of illegal crypto-operations and the chains of their participants», Igor Krasnov noted.
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At the end of the meeting, the heads of delegations from Angola, Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Chile, China, Egypt, France, India, Spain, Italy, Nigeria, Norway, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom and United States of America approved the Rio Declaration of the Summit of the Heads of Prosecution Services of G20 members (PG20 Rio Declaration).
This document secured the agreements reached by the participants on interaction in strengthening mechanisms of international cooperation in the field of combating organized transnational crime, promoting justice and social and environmental sustainability.
The Prosecutor General's Office
of the Russian Federation
The Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation
22 october 2024, 18:35
At the session «New technologies and the combat of transnational crime» Igor Krasnov spoke about the practice of countering cybercrime
On the final day of the Summit, participants shared their experience in countering cybercrime and discussed forms of interagency interaction in this sphere.
The head of the Russian supervisory agency said, that in Russia digitalization covers all spheres of social and economic life, digital systems are rapidly developing, including a wide range of services for the public, including provision of government and financial services in electronic form.
«Considering that the spread of new types of IT crime often occurs faster than the response to them by law enforcement agencies, timely prevention of such acts is much more important than the subsequent elimination of the negative consequences that have occurred. It is precisely this principle that governs the formation of the entire relevant legal framework in the country», the Prosecutor General of Russia said.
Igor Krasnov emphasized that over the past five years, laws on the circulation of digital financial assets and digital currency have been adopted, the issues of cryptocurrency mining and taxation of this activity have been resolved, mechanisms for combating the theft of money from citizens’ bank accounts have been improved, and the possibility of anonymous access to communication services has been normatively classified as a threat to national security.
The Prosecutor General of Russia spoke in detail about the practice of combating cybercrime.
«Last year, for the first time at the interstate level, we initiated the arrest on the Binance crypto exchange of virtual assets of members of a criminal community stolen from citizens as a result of fraud. Productive investigations are also facilitated by domestic blockchain-based software used by law enforcement agencies and operated by the national financial intelligence agency. It enables to reveal the schemes of illegal crypto-operations and the chains of their participants», Igor Krasnov noted.
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At the end of the meeting, the heads of delegations from Angola, Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Chile, China, Egypt, France, India, Spain, Italy, Nigeria, Norway, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom and United States of America approved the Rio Declaration of the Summit of the Heads of Prosecution Services of G20 members (PG20 Rio Declaration).
This document secured the agreements reached by the participants on interaction in strengthening mechanisms of international cooperation in the field of combating organized transnational crime, promoting justice and social and environmental sustainability.