In its continuous bid to tackle some emerging crimes
and build stronger capacities for future challenges, the Economic and Financial
Crimes Commission, EFCC, has trained One Hundred of its officers on
Forensic Document Examination, Digital Forensics, Fingerprint and Crime Scene
Management in Enugu.
The One-day training, which was held in Oaklands
Hotel, Government Reservation Area, G.R.A, Enugu, drew participants from
different cadres. The training, themed; “Forensics Revamped: Empowering
Investigations” is an initiative of the Commission’s Forensics and Crime
Laboratory Services Department, FCLSD, aimed at enhancing the effectiveness and
efficiency of the Commission’s investigative processes.
The training was focused on improving the laboratory
processes, procedures, modernizing forensics techniques, incorporating advanced
technologies and providing comprehensive training to first responders.
Taking the participants on Forensics Document
Examination, Assistant Commander of the EFCC, ACE II Joshua Oloye noted that a
document can be questioned because of its origin and circumstances regarding
its production, adding that in order to arrive at a reliable conclusion, the
examiner needs genuine documents for comparing the questioned document. He said
that materials for comparison purposes are known as Specimens.
Describing a Specimen as a sample of handwriting,
signature and documents collected for examination, Oloye listed three types of
Specimen which include; Request, Standard and Contemporaneous. He equally spoke
on how to collect Specimens, laying emphasis on the Dos and Don’ts of
collecting Specimens.
Oloye also discussed how documents are marked for
examination, Features of a Request Letter and Forensics Quality Control and
Assurance.
Speaking on Digital Forensics, Deputy Superintendent
of the EFCC, DSE Ladi Akujobi outlined classes of Digital Forensics
which include; Computer Forensics, Live Forensics, Mobile Forensics, Network
Forensics amongst others.
Officers were also exposed to topics like Fingerprint
and Crime Scene Management, Forensics Audio, Video and Image Analysis.
Discussing Fingerprint and Crime Scene Management,
Deputy Superintendent of the EFCC, DSE Kenechukwu Nnaji described fingerprints
as an impression, left by the friction of a human finger. He outlined
three types of fingerprint patterns which include Loop, Whorl and Arch.
“Fingerprint identification or hand print identification, is the process of
comparing two instances of friction ridge skin impressions from human fingers
or toes or even the palm of the hand or sole of the foot, to determine whether
these impressions could have come from the same individual”, he said.
He outlined Uniqueness, Permanence, Universality,
Complexity and Detail, Ease of Collection, Technical Compatibility, Legal
Acceptance and Cost Effectiveness as reasons for using fingerprints for
identification.
Nnaji also outlined the importance of fingerprint for
Identification which includes linking one crime scene to another involving the
same person, providing biometric security, amongst others. He thereafter
discussed Crimes Scene Investigation, CSI, Roles of Crime Scene Officers,
Forensics Audio Analysis, Voice Track Comparative Chart, Video and Photo
Enhancement Techniques.
Earlier, while declaring the training open, the
Acting Zonal Director of the Enugu Zonal Directorate of the EFCC, Deputy
Commander of the EFCC, DCE Mohammed Shuaib Bello, who was represented by the
Assistant Commander of the EFCC, ACE I Ekerendu Effiong noted that the
Commission has the best forensics experts in West Africa and urged the
participants to optimize the exposure that the training will offer.
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