The Manual will be formally launched shortly. The situation changes in the field in respect of drug traffickers daily. The drug trade is now fully globalised. Illicit drugs produced in one country is often destined for another where there is a lucrative market. Chemicals used to make synthetic drugs might be banned in one country, but freely available in the next.
Drug money is moved electronically around the world in a matter of seconds.
As such, he underscored, a continuous process of training and re-training, is imperative in this new era in the drug trade. The PPCA and the OPR were established by the Ministry of National Security and Justice in 1992 and 1994 respectively, to receive and investigate complaints of misconduct by members of the Police Force. Acts of misconduct include excessive, abusive, negligent or corrupt behaviour. The two agencies are separate. This allows for greater transparency.