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Officials from the eleven commercial banks operating in Rwanda, on Monday started a three-day training on how to detect and fight cyber-related crimes and money laundering.
The course organized and conducted by Rwanda National Police under the theme “Policing together transnational organized crime,” aims at sharing skills and knowledge to deal with bank robberies.
Participants are heads of IT, legal officers and human resource managers, among others.
The Deputy Inspector General of Police, Dan Munyuza, while officially opening the course, observed that most financial-related crimes are “transnational in nature.”
“Rwanda, like other countries, is faced by this problem, though at a lower rate. We, therefore, need to work together to effectively fight such crimes,” DIGP Munyuza said.
“Criminals are taking advantage of the existing porous borders and advanced technology…and if we don’t stand up, jointly, our economy might be affected,” he added.
The bankers will exhaust areas of money laundering, understanding cybercrimes and terrorism and human security.
Others include community policing as a tool in security, ethics and professionalism, security in banks, corruption and its effects and customer care.
DIGP Munyuza, who thanked the bankers for turning up in big number, challenged them work share experiences and work with police to deal with financial crimes at an early stage.
