Nineteen senior authorities from war-torn Palestine are presently going through training at Gujarat-based Rashtriya Raksha University (RRU) for combating monetary criminal activity. These authorities are from the customizeds department of Palestine, main sources stated.
“Under the Indian Technical and Economic Cooperation (ITEC) program of the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), Government of India, we train police authorities from numerous friendly nations. The training is moneyed by the MEA and becomes part of the soft diplomacy of India. Presently we are providing an unique program for customizeds authorities from Palestine. About 20 authorities were chosen for this program, however just 19 had the ability to go to the training in the location of online commerce scams and combating financial and monetary criminal activities,” Ravish Shah, Director, International Cooperation and Relations branch of RRU informed businessline
The School of Behavioural Sciences and Forensic Investigations (SBSFI) at RRU in collaboration with its International Cooperation and Relations Branch is performing this two-week specialised training program for senior authorities from Palestine from August 18-29. Dr Mahmoud Sharif Mustafa Zytoon, a senior authorities from the General Investigation Department of Palestinian Police stated, “This course is really essential for my associates and buddies in other departments like Customs Police.
This is to get understanding and expert training in combating financial and monetary criminal offenses. We require more such training sessions and for longer period.” When asked how the authorities prepared to execute their knowings after going back to Palestine which is presently in dispute with Israel, “Some locations are experiencing extreme disputes, while in some it is on a medium (scale). It is throughout these times we require more understanding on financial and monetary criminal activities,” Zytoon said.
RRU specified that curriculum for the Palestinians has actually been carefully crafted to resolve important elements of monetary criminal offense examination and avoidance. Secret subjects at the training will consist of trade-based cash laundering (TBML), an advanced approach utilized to camouflage the origins of illegal funds through global trade deals. Beyond strenuous class sessions, individuals are arranged to carry out vital check outs to different banks and regulative bodies. These sees intend to offer indispensable insights into the functional systems and finest practices utilized in various systems, promoting a much deeper understanding of monetary criminal offense avoidance and examination.
Conversations throughout the training will likewise look into terrorist funding, analyzing the numerous channels and approaches used by terrorist organisations to money their operations and the important requirement for global cooperation to interfere with these networks. A substantial part of the program will be committed to checking out the legal and institutional structures vital for efficient enforcement versus monetary criminal offenses, highlighting finest practices in legislation, regulative oversight, and inter-agency cooperation.
Individuals will likewise look into innovative methods important for contemporary monetary criminal offense examinations. These consist of the application of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and criminal offense mapping to recognize patterns and locations of illegal activity, supplying a spatial measurement to monetary intelligence. The training will likewise include extensive sessions on open-source intelligence (OSINT), showing how openly offered details can be leveraged to discover monetary criminal activity networks and recognize wrongdoers. Offered the fast advancement of digital currencies, a crucial focus will be put on the intricacies of cash laundering including cryptocurrency, dealing with the distinct obstacles and emerging options in tracing and taking illegal digital properties.
Released on August 22, 2025
