The International Criminal Police
Organisation, (Interpol) has provided the Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission, (EFCC) with an application that will enhance intelligence sharing
in the tracking of organised crimes, including money laundering and
terrorism-financing.
The Interpol, which receives
billions of information yearly, will assist the anti-graft agency to set up a
data base.
The system will help to detect
and interdict stolen and illicit funds by criminals.
The application comprises a
database to be supervised by the National Central Bureau (NCB), which is an
interface between Interpol and national law enforcement agencies of countries
through i24/7 Gemini Project global communications system.
A statement by the Acting Head of
Media and Publicity, Mr. Tony Orilade, said the Acting Chairman of the
Commission, Ibrahim Magu, witnessed the demonstration of the new application at
the EFCC’s headquarters in Abuja.
The statement said that
Interpol’s Project Officer, Noha Amer, who led the delegation of the global
police, disclosed that the United States (U.S.) was funding the project in four
African countries.
The countries are Nigeria, Niger,
Mali and Libya.
The statement added: “It is a
move that aims to detect and interdict stolen and illicit funds by organised
criminals, mainly in the area of terrorism-financing, such as in the manner
that it happened in Libya.
“She explained that the project
will see to the training of the Commission’s operatives on programmes that
include Interpol policing capabilities and standard operations.
“The training will commence after
the installation of the NCB database.”
According to Amer, the NCB plays
an integral role and was at the heart of Interpol in terms of information
gathering and sharing.
She said: “NCB is the cornerstone
of the Interpol in liaising with the law enforcement agencies of other
countries, especially in terms of cross-border investigation, operations and
arrest.
“NCB serves as a tool for timely
dissemination of information. The Interpol will equip the NCB with the
necessary equipment to go with i247 extensions. The i24/7 accommodates IT database.”
Christophe Nakobyan, Interpol’s
Project Officer II, also explained that the i247 platform as a closed group for
law enforcement agencies is a safer form of connectivity than Yahoo and
Whatsapp.
He said the platform gives access
to information sharing, with optimal level of security.
Noting the dangers law
enforcement agencies face from hackers, he disclosed: “We have 10,000 attacks
by hackers per day but at the moment it is very safe as no hacker has been
successful.”
He said the Interpol receives
over five billion requests in a year in the database for information.
Nakobyan said: “The database will
further advance countries’ cooperation to the extent that it will allow each
organisation to share information.
“The information shared will be
strictly owned by the sharing commission which will be at liberty to decide
what kind of information to share whom to share with and which service to
render to other law enforcement agencies.”
Other members of the delegation
were: Eleyatt Nahah, an ACP with Interpol, Sylvester Uzoefuna Jnr, C Udendi,
Emmanuel Handan, Akubo Jerry and Chuks Nwaogbo.
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