RB Harare conducts an INTERPOL - AFRIPOL Joint Training on Financial Crime Investigation for Eastern and Southern Africa

Mr. Stephen MUTAMBA, Deputy Commissioner General, Administration - Zimbabwe Republic Police flanked by            Mr. Sello MOERANE - Head of Regional Bureau Harare (left) and Mr. Mr. Omar DAAS Senior Cybercrime Officer AFRIPOL (right)

In his speech read by Mr. Stephen MUTAMBA, Deputy Commissioner General, Administration - Zimbabwe Republic Police, Cde. MATANGA - Commissioner General of Police, Zimbabwe Republic Police, welcomed the participants from Eastern and Southern African countries to Zimbabwe and reminded them criminals know no boundaries and that while they were meeting to discuss the means of combating transnational organized crime, criminals were also busy devising ways and tactics of perpetuating their activities over a cup of coffee.

He noted the increasing challenges that financial crimes have continued to pose on the two regions represented and the entire African continent as a whole, which include damage to the financial sector institutions critical for economic growth, promoting crime and corruption that slow economic growth and reducing efficiency in the real sector of the economy, among others.The Guest of Honour therefore urged participants to leverage the opportunity of this important training to share best practices and acquire knowledge relevant to their daily duties of fighting crime.