The American Federal Bureau of Investigation,
FBI, has donated a forensic work station to the Nigerian Economic and Financial
Crimes Commission to assist it in fighting graft.
The equipment, technically referred to as
Forensic Recovery of Evidence Device, FRED, was presented to the Head of
Operations, Lagos Zonal office of the EFCC, Iliyasu Kwarbai, by the United
State acting Consul General, Dehab Ghereab.
According to Ghereab, the equipment will
enhance the EFCC’s effort in the fight against cyber crime and standardize its
operations.
Ghereab said: “As we engage in these
practices, we needed our counterparts, so the FBI office made an assessment of
the prevailing cases of cyber-based crimes which are not unique to Nigeria.”
In the views of Fritz Kennely, a technical
personnel with the FBI, the device will help the EFCC in analyzing, processing
and preserving digital evidence which can be presented in court in a clear,
concise and understandable manner, thereby aiding judges to adjudicate
effectively.
Kwarbai while receiving the device thanked the
FBI for their support to the Commission in the areas of manpower development
and investigation.
-Vanguard
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