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We see a lot of great personalities come through the center week after week sharing endless experiences from their jobs. In one of our recent classes, one Nigerian participant recounted a story from earlier in her law enforcement career. This story is rife with lessons, especially to junior agent... Read More

In this month’s RTC Buzz, we’ll share another story, written by one of our participants from the Office of Professional Responsibility Course (OPR).  Mr. Diawara is an Examining Magistrate and a prolific writer, based in Guinea and has published several legal articles (Read more ... Read More

 We ♥ user generated content.   Why you should submit content to the RTC: To showcase law enforcement successes and community outreach in your country. To praise law enforcement efforts on complex cases or offer constructive criticism of how to handle things ... Read More

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Officiating Guests present during the Grand Opening Thus far, the RTC program has successfully evolved to provide training to empower law enforcement officers with adequate knowledge and skills needed to combat transnational organized crime. Our vision to see law enforcement agencies work toge... Read More

This month’s newsletter features an informative article on the rise of anonymous sales of synthetic opioids through the dark web. Please bear in mind that the RTC shares such articles for the sole purpose of informing and enlightening its readers on the sophisticated ways through which crim... Read More

Mr. Moore ( left ) with officials from the embassy The RTC’s work is supported by numerous US. Government officials, who work tirelessly behind the scenes to ensure the success of our training programs . For the last three years, Mr. Moore has served as the Deputy Chief of the Political ... Read More

The Role of Law Enforcement Agencies in Combating Trafficking in Persons Trafficking in persons remains a menace all over the world. Research has proven that it is the fastest growing criminal business globally with very high profit, low risk and very little investment. Thousands of vulnera... Read More

The Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) established the West Africa Regional Training Center (RTC) to advance the U.S. government’s goal of dismantling transnational organized criminal networks and strengthening criminal justice capacity in West Africa. The R... Read More

Group Picture of RTC Programme Director, CTP Programme Managers and Instructor Team The West Africa Regional Center (RTC) facilitated a one week Interviewing and Interrogation Techniques Course in August 2017. Officials from the Ghanaian law enforcement community participated in this training.... Read More

It is always great to host different law enforcement agencies across West Africa for trainings geared towards enhancing the criminal justice sector in Africa. One advantage is that we get to draw from the rich experiences and mechanisms used by other nations to fight crimes. An Instructor lead... Read More

PRE –ARREST INVESTIGATION Mr. Mawusi, an RTC Alumnus There is urgent need for law enforcement agencies to begin conducting thorough investigation prior to arresting suspects or perpetrators of crime. The current approach which seems to put emphasis on arresting suspects at the very begi... Read More

The RTC believes that one of the ways to improve international security is to combat violent extremism. Last month, The RTC hosted the FBI for a countering violent extremism course with the focus on Anti-corruption. Let’s take a look at the main activities that featured during the training ... Read More

Public Corruption Corruption is mostly understood to be anything that is morally unacceptable in a given community. This concept covers a wide range of activities including misuse of power and misappropriation of public funds for personal gains. This act is mostly attributed to public officials ... Read More