Three-day training boosts law enforcers' capacity.

MIRPUR -- The UNODC Country Office Pakistan (COPAK) successfully concluded a three-day (17 19 September) interagency training on 'Operationalization of Criminal-Intelligence Products' at the Pakistan Customs' Directorate General of Training and Research (DGTR) in Karachi, UNODC sources said.

The sources told this correspondent on Thursday that the training was organized through contribution by the Government of Japan under the project entitled 'Strengthening Border Security against Illicit Drug Trafficking and Related Transnational Organized Crime (2016-2020)'. It enhanced criminal-intelligence collection capacity of the field staff from the Pakistan Customs, Intelligence and Investigations Federal Board of Revenue, Anti Narcotics Force; Pakistan Coast Guards; Excise, Taxation and Narcotics Control Department Sindh; Sindh Police and Pakistan Railway Police.

The interagency training focused at the collection of information related to illicit trafficking of various kinds, including drugs, people and contraband items through the borders and other entry/exit points. It raised awareness of the participants on the fundamental criminal-intelligence principles, concepts, information gathering techniques and sharing of actionable criminal-intelligence with the relevant national counterparts quickly.

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It also covered the practical use of IBM i2 Software for drawing association, link charting and analysis of information to draw criminal-intelligence proactively. The training aimed at building mutual...