PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) – The International police organization (INTERPOL) says it has conducted an advance criminal intelligence training exercise for Caribbean law enforcement officials session aimed at combating drug trafficking and organized crime activities in the region.
INTERPOL said that the five-day course, which ended here over the weekend, was part of its Capacity Building Programme on Criminal Intelligence Analysis for the Americas.
The two-year programme is intended to enhance the criminal analysis skills of national law enforcement officers with the goal of more effectively fighting transnational crime throughout the Americas.
Building upon skills taught during basic training sessions earlier this year in Barbados and Costa Rica, the advanced training course focused on the use of specialized computer software and other technologies to produce more meaningful analysis of criminal data.
INTERPOL said participants included intelligence analysts, customs officials, and drugs and organized crime investigators and was hosted by the Caribbean Community Implementation Agency for Crime and Security (CARICOM IMPACS).
It said the training session sought to equip investigators and intelligence analysts with the skills to analyse large amounts of criminal data “quickly and efficiently”.
