AN award for an International Cross-Border Investigation Exercise was awarded to a team from the Oceania region in December last year.
The Fiji Police Force’s Director of Criminal Investigations Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Serupepeli Neiko teamed up with a participant each from Tonga and Samoa for the exercise which was organised by the Governance and Peace Directorate of the Commonwealth Secretariat in London.
According to a Police statement the exercise involved dealing with cybercrime case scenarios involving the three jurisdictions, in that they were tasked to ascertain whether there were any criminal breaches, legal provisions involved and legal provisions that support international cooperation in terms obtaining and sharing evidence, whereby daily reports were sent to the organizers as part of the exercise.
Eighteen countries took part in the exercise and the review panel selected five participants representing Europe, Africa, the Caribbean, Pacific Asia and the Americas as the winners.
The Pacific Asia award went to SSP Neiko and all winners will attend an awards ceremony in London and also take part in a study visit where they will meet senior UK-based investigators in order share their experiences more widely.
The award ceremony will be held on March 4 in London.
