Training
| INTERPOL-IMPACT Enforcement Training |
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With the support of INTERPOL’s Regional Bureaus, National Central Bureaus and private sector representatives, these training courses provide general facts on counterfeit medical products and specific investigative methodologies that will allow enforcement agencies to disrupt the manufacture, trade and distribution of counterfeit medicines in their country.
Dates: |
14-15 July 2009 |
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Bangkok, Thailand |
Participants: |
23 officers and representatives from the police (Economic and Cyber Crime Division as well as Department of Special Investigation), Royal Thai Customs and Food and Drug Administration. |
A guide to investigating counterfeit medical product and pharmaceutical crime from PFIPC was translated in Thai language and given to all the participants. Part of the training focused on surveillance and protection techniques, Internet investigations and methodology to mount covert operations and support was provided by experts from the private sector.
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| Mr. Visanu Prasattongosoth, Police Major – Royal Thai Police |
Mrs Aline Plançon, INTERPOL-IMPACT Project Manager |
Mr. Wuthiphong Thaolar - Customs Technical Officer, Thailand |
Dates: |
17-18 June 2009 |
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Nairobi, Kenya |
Participants: |
40 officers and representatives from the police, customs, Kenya drug regulatory authorities, the Weights and Measures Unit of the Kenya Ministry of Trade, and the Kenya Intellectual Property Institute. |
The closure of the session was chaired by the Deputy Head of the Criminal Investigations Department in Nairobi, Mr Francis Okonya, who underlined the threat to citizens caused by counterfeit medical products and the importance of combining all efforts to continue to combat this crime.
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| Mr Francis Mutibo from the Kenyan Ministry of Trade,
Weights & Measures Unit |
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INTERPOL-IMPACT Enforcement Training group, Kenya, Nairobi, June 2009 |
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Dates: |
26-27 March 2009 |
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Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania |
Participants: |
40 officials from police, customs, drug regulatory authorities, the Fair Competition Commission (Tanzania), and observers from US Immigration and Customs Enforcement. |
This training course was delivered as part of the 2009 Intellectual Property Rights OASIS activities. The OASIS programme delivers a cohesive package of training, infrastructure and operational support to police forces in Africa, enabling them to address crime threats effectively on a national, international and global level.
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| INTERPOL-IMPACT Enforcement Training, Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania, March 2009 |
| Kenya: INTERPOL Training Seminar |
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Dates: |
20-25 November 2008 |
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Nairobi, Kenya |
Participants: |
Nearly 150 police, customs and drug regulatory body representatives from 26 Eastern and Southern African countries. |
This six-day training course and workshops, aimed to equip senior and middle police managers with the knowledge, skills and expertise to lead proactive regional operations, targeting transnational organized criminals who systematically manufacture and distribute counterfeit and pirated goods throughout the region.
| Third INTERPOL Intellectual Property Crime Training Programme |
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20-24 October 2008 |
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Ostia, Italy |
Participants: |
32 police senior and middle managers from 22 different countries, representing every INTERPOL region |
Co-hosted by the Guardia di Finanza, in partnership with police and member organizations of the INTERPOL IP Crime Action Group (IIPCAG), this course brought together many officers from countries where INTERPOL is currently leading cross-industry law enforcement interventions into transnational organized crime. The training course complemented ongoing operational initiatives and provided police officers with the knowledge and expertise to lead future interventions. One day of the five-day course was dedicated to the fight against counterfeit medicines.
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| Major General Saverio Capolupo, Guardia di Finanza (center) with his staff and students attending thesd
Third INTERPOL IP Crime Training Seminar. |
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Leonardi da Vinci Airport
Operational visit IP Crime investigation and intervention strategies |
Guardia di Finanza |
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