An international partnership including Charles Sturt University (CSU) is expanding the training of law enforcement and legal agencies to tackle the growing problem of transnational crime in Indonesia.

 

"Transnational crime is a global issue that requires a comprehensive and synergistic approach to counter it both at the national and regional levels," said Commissioner General Dr Ito Sumardi, Head of Criminal Investigation Department of the Indonesian National Police.

 

To address the growing problem, CSU has joined with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), the Jakarta Centre for Law Enforcement Cooperation (JCLEC), the Partnership for Governance Reform in Indonesia and the United Kingdom’s National Policing Improvement Agency, with funding provided by the European Union, to run a series of training seminars for 1 800 Indonesian law enforcement officials over the next three years.

 

During the five million euro project, CSU will work with UNDOC and other partners to train and recruit Indonesian trainers and deliver courses, as well as develop a long term education plan for the JCLEC.

 

“With the education plan will also come links with experienced overseas education institutions such as Charles Sturt University, which is recognised internationally for delivering quality distance education courses,” said Sub Dean of Policing and International with CSU’s Faculty of Arts, Associate Professor Tracey Green.

 

“Through this project, the investigative and management capacities of the Indonesian National Police and other law enforcement and criminal justice agencies in Indonesia will be strengthened, improving those agencies' ability to detect, prevent and investigate serious transnational crime,” Professor Green said.

 

“Courses will cover the management and investigation of serious crime and corruption; the management of financial crime and national organised crime; strategic improvement of the criminal justice system in Indonesia; managing criminal justice; and executive training for senior crime and command officers.