The competition was held in the Central Office of the State Forensic Examination Committee of the Republic of Belarus on December, 3.

The authoritative international jury of the competition, headed by its Chairman Tadeusz Tomaszewski, determined the best report, as well as the winners of the nominations in the field of criminology and forensic examination from the two dozen works selected in the first round, prepared by young scientists (students, postgraduates and specialists) from different Belarusian Universities, scientific and other organizations.

• Alexander Radovsky, an expert of the Department of Forensic Examinations of the Directorate of Forensic Examination and Records of the Vitebsk Region Directorate of the State Forensic Examination Committee of the Republic of Belarus, became the holder of the 1^st degree diploma. Topic of the report: «Express-diagnostics of steering control of vehicles in the conduct of autotechnical examination».

• Darya Danilova, a student of the chemical faculty of the Belarusian State University, was awarded the 2^nd degree diploma. Topic of the report: «Features of research of textile fibers using Raman spectroscopy».
• Julia Zanko, a trainee Junior researcher of the State Institution «Scientific and Practical Center of the State Forensic Examination Committee of the Republic of Belarus», was awarded the 3^rd degree diploma. Topic of the report: «Possibilities of studying pollen in internal facilities from the point of view of a forensic expert».
• Alina Kostevich, a student of the faculty of Economics and Law of the State Institution «Mogilev State University named after A.A.Kuleshov» became the winner of the nomination «Oratorical skills». Topic of the report: «Legal status of the press service of the State Forensic Examination Committee of the Republic of Belarus».
• Anastasia Vasilets, a cadet of the State Institution «Academy of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Belarus» became the winner of the nomination «The best presentation». Topic of the report: «Features of working with poroedgeoscopic traces during the inspection of the crime scene».
• Ivan Solovyov, a biology teacher of the State Institution «Borisov Lyceum», became the winner of the nomination «The most relevant topic». Topic of the report: «Development and implementation of bioinformatics methods and approaches for molecular genetic analysis of single-nucleotide polymorphisms in the field of criminology and forensic medical examination».

Congratulations on winning the competition! We wish you not to stop at the achieved result.