Law enforcement officers focus on transnational financial investigations

Law enforcement officers focus on transnational financial investigations

(CPV) – Twenty six law enforcement officers from South Asia, South East Asia, North Asia, the Middle East, Australia and Europe are gathering in Hanoi on February 14th for the following three weeks for the 42nd Asia Region Law Enforcement Management Program (ARLEMP).

The officers will study management, communication and cultural topics along with developing their skills in investigating transnational financial crime.

ARLEMP is a long-term partnership between the Vietnamese Ministry of Public Security through the General Department of Police (GDP), the Australian Federal Police (AFP) and RMIT University in Vietnam.

This year’s event will host participants from Australia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Laos, Malaysia, Maldives, Myanmar, Nepal, the Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, the Netherlands, the United Arab Emirates and Vietnam.

Photo: Nam Anh

All partners are committed to promoting cooperation between police agencies, searching for the best practices, supporting information exchange and working together to combat transnational crime.

Originating in 2005, ARLEMP has become a flag-ship program for emerging Police managers and leaders in the region. Over 830 officers have graduated from the course and are working together to combat transnational crimes in the region.

This program welcomes a new partnership with the United Nations Office on Drugs on Crime (UNODC) office in Hanoi, and welcomes back the National Police of the Netherlands who officially became partners last year.

The overarching theme of this program is financial investigations (money laundering and associated crimes). Money laundering is at the centre of organised crime. With deepening globalisation and with advances in the internet, digital communication, ease of international travel and integrated financial systems, financial crime continues to be a global crime, and one that is at the heart of many other crimes such as cyber-crime as well as narcotic, human and wildlife trafficking.

Law enforcement officials and representatives from Vietnam, the Netherlands and Australia reiterated the importance of inter-agency cooperation, the seriousness of financial crime, the flow on effect these crimes have for our communities; and, above all, that it is up to everyone, working as global partners in law enforcement to work with communities to tackle financial crime./.

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