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Fiji Times - Suva,Fiji
02 April 2007
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CID lacks officers to work on
THE police crime investigation department says it needs 26 more officers to work on mounting fraud cases.
This was revealed by acting Police Commissioner Romanu Tikotikoca who said the severe staff shortage resulted in a backlog of 138 fraud cases.
"All major cases of fraud in Fiji are investigated by the economic crime directorate at CID headquarters at Suva Street," he said.
"To date, they have 138 cases and they are complex and complicated in nature.
"With the number of cases investigated and number of investigators assigned to the unit at the moment it makes it impossible to pursue every investigation simultaneously."
Mr Tikotikoca said the investigators had to go through a large volume of documents to search for evidence and conduct interviews with witnesses and those involved.
"In some cases the investigating officers are required to work as a team to facilitate the needs of the investigation and this delays other cases," he said.
"At present, there is a shortfall of 23 investigators excluding the forensic accountant, who is tasked to investigate the 138 cases registered with police
"For that matter, the directorate requires an additional 26 investigators including forensic accountants and legal support and other investigation needs.
"These cases include fraud, forgery, money laundering, cyber crimes and other crimes."
Mr Tikotikoca said to successfully investigate these hi-tech crimes, experienced investigators supported by required physical resources and aid were needed.
"I will look into it next week to see how best we can facilitate the process to move forward," he said.
"Identify the required manpower that needs to feel the vacancies in the department so that we can ably investigate all the outstanding fraud cases and hopefully in the next six months tell the nation how far we have gone with the cases."
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