INTERPOL’s NCB And ZACC Sign MOA In Fighting Transnational Organized Crimes
By Desire Tshuma
Zimbabwe Anti- Corruption Commission ( ZACC) and INTERPOL’s national central bureau ( NCB) today signed memorandum of agreement in fighting corruption and other forms of transnational organized crime.
The partnership aims to enhance cooperation and collaboration between the two sister organizations in combating corruption and promoting integrity.
“This important day is a testimony of series of engagements between our two organisations in the spirit of enhancing the fight against organized crime . With this collaboration we shall be able to track corrupt fugitives who owns properties outside the country and confiscate all ill gotten wealthy which is not known how they acquired” said Commissioner C Charumbira, Chief Director CID.
Partnership between the two sister organizations will enhance sharing of intelligence and information on corrupt cases , suspects and their networks . Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission will have access to global intelligence to enable them streamline investigations through utilization of INTERPOL database. The signing of the memorandum of agreement is the first step into the integration process of the INTERPOL system to ZACC .
“This integration of systems will result in the ZACC having unlimited access to query different INTERPOL databases like stolen motor vehicles, wanted persons , stolen travel documents , travel documents associated with notices , facial recognition databases and financial crimes analysis file. Results obtained from such searches will leverage the commission in building stronger cases against corrupt individuals and entities ” concludes Commissioner Charumbira, Chief Director CID.
“This collaboration between ZACC and the INTERPOL will enable us to do asset recovery through forensic investigation . As Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission we undertake and adhere to INTERPOL’s operational protocols of data processing rules by appointing dedicated security and data protection officers to enforce compliance, ” said Mr Michael Reza ZACC chairperson.
“This MOA is a result of fruitful deliberations on 19 February 2025 by the two organisations and aligns with article 48 of the United Nations Convention Against Corruption ( UNCAC) which advocates for mutual legal assistance and systematic information sharing to disrupt corruption networks,” added Mr Reza.
Chief Director CID Commissioner Charumbira also mentioned that the interpol have gathered some information about the October 3 Ecobank US$4 million heist which took place in Bulawayo and they are soon going to apprehend them as they now know where they fled to. The armed robbers disguised as customers, ambushed a Safeguard security team loading cash into a cash-in-transit van and overpowered them and went away with a cash amount estimated to be more than US$4 million.
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Director CID Commissioner Charumbira (left) and ZACC chairperson Michael Reza
