This course is only open to U.S. state, local, tribal, and territorial law enforcement agencies, prosecutors, and judges.

Course Description: Cybercrimes can and have been committed by organized criminal groups. This course introduces participants to the notion of cyber organized crime, the cyber-dependent and cyber-enabled crimes committed by organized criminal groups, the structure and organization of cyber organized criminal groups and roles of members within these groups, and the tools used by these groups. and darknet spaces where these groups operate will also be explored.

At the end of the course, participants will be able to:

• Differentiate types of organized crime from cyber organized crime
• Examine the structure and organization of cyber organized criminal groups and describe the areas of operation and the roles of members within cyber organized criminal groups
• Identify the tools and techniques of cyber organized criminals on clearnet and darknet platforms
• Describe open source and proprietary hands-on intelligence collection tools and special investigative techniques used for investigating cyber organized crime
• Execute a plan for a sample case investigation by (1) analyzing cases of cyber organized crime (e.g., comparing structures, identifying roles of members, describing perpetrators, and explaining their tactics, targets, tools, and methods of operation), and (2) implementing special investigative techniques and tools.

Upon successful completion of the course, participants will receive a certificate of course completion.