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Attend this webinar for a discussion on Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes (CSKT) of the Flathead Nation's journey to implement a successful Drug Endangered Children (DEC) Alliance including the steps they took, key community stakeholders they involved to achieve success, and how they have been able to sustain their Alliance.

This course introduces the problem of intellectual property (IP) theft and provides tools, techniques, and resources for investigating and prosecuting these crimes. A combination of lecture, discussion, and interactive exercises illustrates the potential dangers and economic repercussions of counterfeit products, as well as best practices and techniques for investigating IP theft. Students are provided with a state-specific workbook that includes relevant statutes, sample organizational documents for IP investigations, and additional resources for investigators and prosecutors.

This course provides basic to intermediate knowledge of the money laundering process and the commingling of funds, as well as an understanding of the ingenuity criminals use to move and hide funds while concealing their identity. The course instruction will use examples of real-life cases to provide an interactive session for students. Students will learn to:

• Define placement, layering, and integration.
• Explain why structuring is a common element of many money laundering schemes.
• List at least four common typologies of money laundering.
• Define commingling and how it relates to money laundering.
• List four methods for disentangling commingled funds.

This course provides an overview of the actions investigators can take at the outset of a financial crime investigation. Students learn to ask critical questions, gather documentation, and analyze information for leads. Topics include obtaining and working with financial records, red flags in financial cases, money laundering, investigative strategies for different types of financial crimes, and commingled funds.

This course provides an overview of financial analysis methodologies used to spreadsheet bank records and analyze financial and business records. Students will learn how to obtain financial records and how to organize, enter, and analyze financial data. Topics included are constructing a functional bank record spreadsheet, analyzing a variety of financial records, FinCEN, financial profiling, and types of business records and the illegal activities associated with them.

Attendees will be able to:

• Construct a functional bank records spreadsheet according to accepted best practices.
• List and describe the steps of bank records analysis.
• Describe the use of currency transaction reports and suspicious activity reports.
• Explain the uses of financial profiling.
• Explain sources and applications of fund analysis.

This course provides basic to intermediate knowledge of the money laundering process and the commingling of funds, as well as an understanding of the ingenuity criminals use to move and hide funds while concealing their identity. The course instruction will use examples of real-life cases to provide an interactive session for students. Students will learn to:

• Define placement, layering, and integration.
• Explain why structuring is a common element of many money laundering schemes.
• List at least four common typologies of money laundering.
• Define commingling and how it relates to money laundering.
• List four methods for disentangling commingled funds.

This webinar will focus on how to create a portable case in Autopsy, as well as how to effectively walk investigators and prosecutors through using a portable case to review digital evidence to identify data of evidentiary value.

COVID-19 and stay-at-home orders have impacted criminal investigations, creating a significant backlog and an overwhelming task for investigators. As businesses and life reopen in a post-coronavirus world, these investigations will need to continue. The sheer volume of backlog will make it difficult for investigators to effectively manage the amount of investigations. This webinar will go over strategies for efficiently managing, triaging, and prioritizing investigations. We will discuss various methods and techniques to use in dealing with a significant case load and delve into some virtual investigative techniques that can be used in the future.

Evidence-based practices clearly demonstrate that the relationships professionals develop with their client is critical in supporting behavioral change. Creating a relationship that is supportive, empathetic, and accountable and that provides appropriate advocacy is foundational in the change process. Developing effective working relationships requires balancing empathy and boundaries with clear goals and an attention to resolving barriers.

Gain an overview of the comprehensive approach to offender management. Discuss the fundamental principles of this approach including victim centeredness, public education, specialized knowledge and training, monitoring and evaluation, and collaboration. These fundamental principles will provide a guide for how offender management should be directed, what strategies should be implemented, and which stakeholders should be involved in these efforts.