PBI, District Police and bKash Hold Workshops to Prevent MFS Abuse
Special awareness workshops have been organized in Naogaon, Natore, and Dinajpur to prevent the misuse of mobile financial services (MFS) in criminal activities and to strengthen rapid identification of technology offenders through digital tracking.
The day-long coordination workshops were jointly organized by the Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI), local district police authorities, and leading MFS provider bKash.
The programmes focused on providing field-level investigators with detailed technical knowledge on how digital footprints and transaction data can be accurately analyzed to identify and bring criminal networks under legal action.
On Sunday, May 24, bKash authorities said separate workshops titled “Investigation and Prevention of Mobile Financial Service Misuse” were recently held at the conference halls of PBI Natore and Naogaon District Police, as well as at the Dinajpur Police Lines In-Service Training Center.
A total of 140 technical and investigation officers from district police and PBI participated in the three workshops.
The events were attended by PBI Natore Superintendent of Police Mohammad Mahfuzur Rahman, Naogaon Superintendent of Police Mohammad Tarikul Islam, and Dinajpur Superintendent of Police Md. Zedan Al Musa as chief guests in their respective districts.
Representing bKash, the company’s Executive Vice President and Head of External Affairs Major (Retd.) A K M Monirul Karim was also present.
The workshops included detailed discussions on modern techniques for tracing customers’ lost or defrauded funds using technology, methods for preventing cybercrime and kidnapping through real-time monitoring of digital transactions, and procedures for quickly communicating with bKash officials and accessing its central database for investigation purposes.
Experts at the events said that because every digital transaction can now be tracked and monitored, investigative agencies such as police, DB, CID, and PBI are able to identify offenders much more easily and accurately than before.
According to organizers, nearly 4,500 investigation officers from various law enforcement agencies across Bangladesh have participated in bKash’s ongoing awareness initiative since its launch in 2017.
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