ICE Kingston hosts transitional financial investigative training
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) recently hosted a two day transnational financial investigations training in Kingston, Jamaica. HSI officials from the Illicit Finance and Proceeds of Crime Unit (IFPCU) provided the training and the U.S. Deputy Chief of Mission to Jamaica, Eric Khant was on hand to provide remarks.
From September 19-20, 2016, 56 participants from the Jamaica Constable Force, Jamaica Defense Force, Jamaica Customs Agency, Jamaica Financial Investigations Division and the Jamaica Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions engaged in a two-day specialized training and best practices seminar. The objective of the training was to provide participants with the right tools to track financial crimes; criminal networks and recover revenues. Topics covered in the training included formulating outreach/partnerships, bulk cash smuggling, international asset sharing, money laundering, evidence collection and prosecution.
“Transnational criminal organizations do not operate within borders so our investigative efforts must seek out, and build solid lasting relationships with our international partners across geographic regions,” said ICE County Attaché, Dex Dixon. “This training underscores the importance of employing the unity of effort initiative in combatting criminal networks and the organizations that fund them.”
Through its International Operations, HSI has 63 operational attaché offices in 47 countries around the world. HSI special agents work closely with foreign law enforcement agencies through a robust network of specialized, vetted units known as Transnational Criminal Investigative Units. Additionally, HSI brings personnel from host countries to the United States to train at the Department of Homeland Security Federal Law Enforcement Training Center in Glynco, Georgia.
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