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Financial crime in developing countries, particularly Africa, is on the rise undermining gains in economic growth and negatively affecting development. The Financial Crimes Investigation Course was delivered at the RTC from September 16 – 20, 2019 with 39 participants from Ghana. Part... Read More

This month, we have curated a list of articles and resources that may be useful to our RTC Alumni Network. ENACT, which is implemented by the Institute for Security Studies and INTERPOL, in affiliation with the Global Initiative against Transnational Organised Crime, has developed the Organize... Read More

INL’s Office of Africa and Middle East Programs hosted its second Alumni Event at the RTC this month. The workshop served as an avenue for discussing best practices and sharing success stories which demonstrate the value of the program. The event brought together over 80 Ghanaian alumni rep... Read More

Last month, the RTC team visited the International Law Enforcement Academy (ILEA) in Gaborone, Botswana for a professional exchange program to establish partnership with ILEA staff. ILEA Directors Joseph Augeri and Maseng Mathiba officially welcomed the RTC staff during the opening of the week&rs... Read More

In the latter part of June, the RTC hosted participants from Ghana, Cabo Verde, Liberia and Guinea Bissau for a Public Corruption training. It was great to welcome back an alumnus from Ghana who had previously attended several RTC trainings. We had a quick chat and he shared a few thoughts with t... Read More

Earlier this month, the RTC hosted the same group of thirty-six law enforcement professionals from Burkina Faso, Ghana, Nigeria, and Togo for their sixth time together. Nicknamed the “Cyber Cohort,” this group attended a three-part course series in 2018 that provided them with compreh... Read More

I love training weeks at the RTC. I love how the otherwise dull, grey rooms come to life with people of diverse races and cultures. Before you speak to the next person beside you in the cafeteria, you need to take a second to guess if he speaks English or French – the latter is more likel... Read More

From lectures discussing drones and the Dark Web, to exercises involving digital forensic tools and applications, many RTC trainings focus on technology’s role in transforming the world of transnational crime and how to manage it. However, while observing two courses at the RTC this spring,... Read More

The RTC team, led by the Director, traveled to Abuja, Nigeria, to host our first ever alumni event! It was exciting to receive numerous phone calls and text messages from alumni expressing great enthusiasm about the event, which brought alumni together to demonstrate how they have put the RTC tra... Read More

In today’s complex world of crime, violence and stress, law enforcement officers are ever more exposed to toxic situations that may adversely affect their bodies and minds, their relationships with their colleagues, and their job performance. Law enforcement is constantly faced with situati... Read More

Over the past two months, the RTC has successfully run five (5) different courses on Narcotics, Leadership, Border Management, Airport Interdiction and Law Enforcement Techniques. We were exceptionally pleased to welcome back our Portuguese speaking participants from Cabo Verde and Guinea Bissau ... Read More

Strolling into my favorite coffee shop in Accra, I hear someone call out my name- “Ms. Esther?” I turn around and it’s an RTC alumnus. We take a few minutes to chat about the RTC, training, their law enforcement career and so on. Picking up delegations from the airport- we run ... Read More

Upcoming Alumni Event in Abuja Are you an RTC alumnus based in Abuja? Will you be interested in attending an Alumni event? The RTC plans to host its maiden alumni event in Abuja next month. This event presents a unique opportunity for RTC alumni to share success stories and best practices which ... Read More

Our favorite newsletter segment is our Success Story corner- we love hearing success stories which show the added value of our training, on your law enforcement careers. This month, we’d like to share a story from an alumnus who attended our Interviewing Techniques course last year. Quite a... Read More

As radicalization to violent extremism continues to occur in prison settings, it is important for all actors in the criminal justice system to understand WHY prisons may encourage this progression and HOW to manage and prevent it. We are excited to share resources from an RTC instructor for those... Read More