My presentation on workshop on topic “Importance of forensic expertise in resolving serious crimes and organised crime activities" Sarajevo (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

1. ROLE OF FORENSIC SCIENCE IN
SPOTTING OF TRANS-BORDER
CHANNELS THAT ARE USED FOR
ILLEGAL CONVEYANCE OF
MATERIALS CONTAINING PRECIOUS
METALS
Sergey Kuzmin
the Senior scientist of RFCFS;
the associate professor of RUDN University

2. GLOBALIZATION OF CRIMES

3. TRANS-BORDER TRAFFICKING OF
PRECIOUS METALS AND GEMS

4. TRANSIT OF PGM-BEARING
PRODUCTS

5. COMPLEX ANALYTICAL PROCEDURE FOR
IDENTIFICATION OF THE NATURE AND THE
SOURCE OF ORIGIN OF PRECIOUS METALS
CONTAINING PRODUCTS OF MINING AND
METALLURGICAL OPERATIONS (CIP)
Themaingoal-identificationofthesourceoforiginof
productsofminingandmetallurgicaloperations
to classify the material subjected to expertise as a PGM- bearing product,
evolved from mineral raw materials
to diagnose a one-component material or each component of a mixed
composition by its nature, type and evolving conditions
to identify a PGM-bearing product or each component in a mixed
composition by its source of origin
COMPLEX ANALYTICAL
PROCEDURE FOR
IDENTIFICATION OF THE NATURE
AND THE SOURCE OF ORIGIN OF
PRECIOUS METALS CONTAINING
PRODUCTS OF MINING AND
METALLURGICAL OPERATIONS
(CIP)

6. METHODICAL APPROACHES TO
CRIMINALISTICS IDENTIFICATION OF PGM-
BEARING PRODUCTS
Stage 1 Stage 2 Stage 3
Determination of the
“pseudo-phase”
composition by the
method of Scanning
Electron Microscopy
Study of elemental
composition
Comparison with data
in the Date Base
Data
Base
Digital
data
Physical
samples

7. NATIONAL LEVEL
Development
•Institute of Criminalistics of the Russian Federal Security Service
•Research Departments of the Norilsk Nickel Mining Company
Validation and
certification
•Russian Federal Centre of Forensic Science of the Russian Ministry of Justice
Practical use
•Police investigations
•Criminal and civil courts
•Customs control

8. INTERNATIONAL LEVEL
WaystousetheresultsoftheCIPin
foreignjurisdictions
Transfer of the methodology of CIP to foreign forensic experts
International scientific confirmation of the validity of CIP

9. A BIT OF HISTORY
Chairman of the Board
Prof. Ingvar Kopp
The Team
TNO

10. VALIDATION ALGORITHM
The validation of
the analytical
methods of the CIP
• TNO
The forensic
validation of the CIP
• Board
Preparation of final
report
• Board

11. SOME CONCLUSIONS
State support for accreditation of
forensic laboratories
The development of
standardization in the field of
forensic science
Legislative consolidation of
mandatory validation of forensic
methods [expected]
Providing courts with
reliable information
about the different
expert organizations
and used their
methods

12. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION