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Interpol is training Police officers to fight crime on the Darknet

Police officers from dozen countries have just completed the first training program on Darknets, Tor hidden services and illegal marketplaces.

Cybercrime becomes even more sophisticated and explores new technologies for its illegal activities. A growing problem for law enforcement agencies world worldwide is to track illegal activities in the Dark Web.

Not only cyber criminals, but also groups of terrorists are currently using the Deep Web stay under the radar and law enforcement are facing serious difficulties in investigating on their activities.

The Interpol is training police officers in the techniques adopted by criminals to operate in the Deep Web avoiding detection.

Last week, Interpol’s Cyber Research Lab completed the first training program, as part of the course the participant built its own private “Darknet” network simulating the management of an underground marketplace.

Marketplaces are essential components of the criminal ecosystem, they represent the places where groups of criminals can buy like and sell illegal product and services, including drugs, weapons, exploit kits and hacking services.

“Identifying the methods and strategies used by organized crime networks and individuals to avoid detection on the Darknet was the focus of a specialized training course hosted by the INTERPOL Global Complex for Innovation.

As part of the training, the first of its kind, INTERPOL’s Cyber Research Lab created its own private Darknet network, private crypto currency and simulated marketplace, recreating the virtual ‘underground’ environment used by criminals to avoid detection.” states the Interpol in an official statement announcing the training program.

The training program provided information on the darknet in the Tor Network, hidden services, black marketplaces and crypto currencies like the Bitcoin. They also role-played as sellers or buyers in simulated transactions and participated in “takedowns” of the simulated marketplaces.

“Darknets are fast emerging as the preferred trading venue for organized crime networks and individuals to carry out illicit activities,” explained Madan Oberoi, the director of Interpol’s Cyber Innovation and Outreach unit.

A new training course is scheduled for November in Brussels, with a separate training event also planned for senior law enforcement officers.

Pierluigi Paganini

(Security Affairs – Darknet, Interpol)

Pierluigi Paganini

Pierluigi Paganini is member of the ENISA (European Union Agency for Network and Information Security) Threat Landscape Stakeholder Group and Cyber G7 Group, he is also a Security Evangelist, Security Analyst and Freelance Writer. Editor-in-Chief at "Cyber Defense Magazine", Pierluigi is a cyber security expert with over 20 years experience in the field, he is Certified Ethical Hacker at EC Council in London. The passion for writing and a strong belief that security is founded on sharing and awareness led Pierluigi to find the security blog "Security Affairs" recently named a Top National Security Resource for US. Pierluigi is a member of the "The Hacker News" team and he is a writer for some major publications in the field such as Cyber War Zone, ICTTF, Infosec Island, Infosec Institute, The Hacker News Magazine and for many other Security magazines. Author of the Books "The Deep Dark Web" and “Digital Virtual Currency and Bitcoin”.