US experts conduct fraudulent document training

The US Embassy’s regional security office recently facilitated a fraudulent document training course presented by diplomatic security investigators and experts from the US Consulate in Cape Town. This is the second such workshop in Namibia in 2017, with the first being held in Windhoek in March 2017. Over 120 Namibian officials - including Namibian customs, immigration, police officials, as well as Namport, Namibia Airports Company (NAC) and Air Namibia- participated in the specialty training over three days earlier this month.The training course focused on detecting imposters, regional travel document fraud trends, and security features of US travel documents. Cassius Gray, US assistant regional security officer for investigations who facilitated the training, said these training sessions are important as they help increase fraud awareness and help identify impostors using forged documents.Participants were trained on specific techniques that assist in quickly identifying impostors and fraudulent documents. The Namibian officials that participated in the course are able to immediately implement techniques in their daily duties in port security, law enforcement, immigration and customs.Protecting the integrity of government identity documents and identifying imposters decreases opportunities for identity theft, customs violations, immigration fraud, and assists border officials in securing Namibia’s borders and ports of entry.Leon van Rooyen, investigation and intelligence superintendent at Namport, said personnel in attendance benefitted greatly from the training opportunity and identification of impostors and the document security features were indeed an eye opener. International criminals continually look for ways to exploit international borders which reinforces the need for countries to work together to eliminate transnational crime and fraudulent activities.The US Embassy continues to support the Government of Namibia in securing their borders and upholding the rule of law.

US experts conduct fraudulent document training

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