Today, the complexity of criminal organizations, the diversity of criminal patterns and the growing transnational threats make it essential to use technical procedures to improve the results in the investigation of this type of criminal networks, both from the police and from the prosecutorial/judicial perspective.

The Peruvian capital, Lima, hosted a workshop on special investigative techniques against organized crime. The workshop was organized within the framework of the European project on the fight against drugs and organized crime that is being carried out in Peru.

The workshop was led by the Spanish prosecutor Carmen Ballester Ricart and the Italian Chief Commissioner Lorenzo Ortesi, with the aim of explaining the technological means currently used to support criminal investigations and making a diagnosis of the situation, identifying the weaknesses, problems and bottlenecks that are currently occurring.

Among the measures analyzed are: virtual undercover agents; digital evidence; controlled deliveries; image, video and sound capture; the use of drones; localization, beacons, GPS, etc.

These innovative techniques are a complement to the traditional methodology and are based on the use of technological tools that facilitate the massive analysis of data and, in addition, make it possible to learn about criminal structures, monitor criminals, unravel their structures and gather the necessary evidence to rebut the presumption of innocence.

The workshop, in the form of a trainer of trainers, was given to judges, officials of the specialized directorates of the Peruvian National Police, specialized prosecutors of the Public Prosecutor’s Office and the National Superintendency of Customs and Tax Administration (SUNAT).