Blockchain Analytics and Virtual Asset Tracing, Freezing and Recovery

Course overview

Cryptocurrency fraud, ransomware and investment scams now reach every country in the region, and victims expect investigators to follow the money on the blockchain. The trail is public, but reading it well takes method. This blockchain asset tracing course teaches investigators how to follow virtual asset flows, decide who controls the wallets involved and act quickly enough to freeze funds at an exchange.

Participants learn how bitcoin and account-based chains record transactions, how to trace across addresses, mixers, bridges and swaps, and how clustering and attribution techniques link wallets to services and people. Free block explorers and commercial analytics tools are compared so that units with small budgets can still work effectively. The second half of the week turns tracing into recovery: identifying cash-out points, sending preservation and freezing requests to exchanges, using international cooperation channels and preparing evidence for court. A running simulation follows stolen funds from a Kenyan victim through several wallets to a foreign exchange.

Participants leave able to run a structured tracing case and to turn its findings into freezing requests and recovery actions.

What you will be able to do

• Explain how transactions are recorded on major blockchains
• Trace virtual asset flows across addresses, services and chains
• Apply clustering and attribution techniques to link wallets to entities
• Recognise obfuscation such as mixers, bridges, swaps and chain hopping
• Identify cash-out points and the exchanges most likely to hold funds
• Draft preservation and freezing requests to virtual asset service providers
• Use formal and informal cooperation channels for cross-border recovery
• Present tracing findings as clear, admissible evidence

Who should attend

For investigators and analysts who must follow cryptocurrency in fraud, corruption or cybercrime cases. Participants should be comfortable with financial investigation basics; blockchain knowledge is built from the start.

• Financial investigators
• Cybercrime investigators
• Asset recovery officers
• FIU analysts
• Bank and fintech fraud investigators
• Prosecutors in cybercrime and fraud units
• Capital markets enforcement officers

Course outline

Fees are per participant in US dollars and cover tuition, course materials and your certificate. Travel and accommodation are not included.