{"id":694997,"date":"2019-08-29T16:25:05","date_gmt":"2019-08-29T16:25:05","guid":{"rendered":"<br><div>\n\t\t\n<p><strong>The mission\u2019s representative presenting the ignition key to the CGI<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The British High\nCommission (BHC) has donated a\u00a0\u00a0 Toyota\nFortuner vehicle to the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) for use in its newly created\nvi"},"modified":"2019-08-29T16:25:05","modified_gmt":"2019-08-29T16:25:05","slug":"british-mission-donates-to-gis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/08\/29\/british-mission-donates-to-gis\/","title":{"rendered":"British Mission Donates To GIS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>The mission\u2019s representative presenting the ignition key to the CGI<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The British High<br \/>\nCommission (BHC) has donated a\u00a0\u00a0 Toyota<br \/>\nFortuner vehicle to the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) for use in its newly created<br \/>\nvisa fraud and related offences unit.<\/p>\n<p>The vehicle was<br \/>\nhanded over to the GIS by the Regional Capacity Building Manager, Mr. Alistair<br \/>\nRushton, on behalf of the mission at the GIS National Headquarters in Accra<br \/>\nyesterday.<\/p>\n<p>Other items that<br \/>\nwere also donated to the GIS included specialized laptops, fraud detection<br \/>\nequipment, batons and handcuffs.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at the<br \/>\nceremony, Mr. Rushton expressed the delight for the BHC to support and contribute<br \/>\nin building the capacity of officers of GIS, in intelligence gathering and<br \/>\ninvestigations, targeted at fake travel documents, illegal acquisition of visas,<br \/>\nhuman smuggling and trafficking, and activities of organised crime group. <\/p>\n<p>He noted that the<br \/>\nBHC has over the years organised capacity programmes for officers of the GIS.<br \/>\n\u201cRecently, eight Officers have been trained to investigate organised crime,\u201d he<br \/>\nadded.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Rushton who was<br \/>\naccompanied by Emma Hardy, First Secretary and Regional Manager of Africa for<br \/>\nImmigration Enforcement International, indicated that he was happy about the<br \/>\nset skills that had been acquired by the Officers to combat organised crime.<br \/>\n\u201cThe Officers are highly skilled and very friendly, they can function and<br \/>\nrelate well with other sister security agencies, and I urge them to share<br \/>\nintelligence with sister security<br \/>\nagencies,\u201d he said.\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p>On his part, the<br \/>\nComptroller-General of Immigration (CGI), Mr. Kwame Asuah Takyi expressed his<br \/>\nappreciation to the BHC for the kind gesture and for building the capacity of<br \/>\nofficers for the specialized unit.<\/p>\n<p>He said the service<br \/>\nwas making strides in building the capacity of officers and equipping them with<br \/>\nthe necessary tools and logistics in the fight against organised crime. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cEight Officers were<br \/>\nidentified and trained in digital forensic investigation, open source<br \/>\ninvestigation, unarmed combat, document fraud detection and investigation into<br \/>\nhuman smuggling and trafficking,\u201d he noted. <\/p>\n<p>The CGI indicated<br \/>\nthat it has improved on work efficiency and enhanced the image of the Service<br \/>\nas well.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Takyi explained,<br \/>\nthat recent developments on migration have made it a focal point of every<br \/>\ncountry, which he said required to be managed effectively to curb crimes. \u201cOne<br \/>\naspect of managing migration effectively, is training and continuous capacity<br \/>\nbuilding of our Officers,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The mission\u2019s representative presenting the ignition key to the CGI The British High Commission (BHC) has donated a\u00a0\u00a0 Toyota Fortuner vehicle to the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) for use in its newly created visa fraud and related offences unit. 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