The Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI), District Police and bKash have jointly organised a series of day-long awareness workshops across Naogaon, Natore and Dinajpur to equip law enforcement with the tools and knowledge needed to detect and prevent the criminal misuse of mobile financial services (MFS), the company said in a press release, as Bangladesh’s digital payments sector continues to face exploitation by criminal networks.
The three workshops, titled “Investigation and Prevention of Mobile Financial Services Misuse,” were held recently at the conference room of PBI Natore, Naogaon District Police and Dinajpur Police Lines In-Service Training Centre, drawing approximately 140 investigation officers from District Police and PBI across the three districts. The workshops form part of an ongoing national programme that, since 2017, has now reached a cumulative total of 4,500 investigation officers from various law enforcement agencies across Bangladesh.
PBI Natore Superintendent of Police Mohammad Mahfuzur Rahman, Naogaon District Superintendent of Police Mohammad Tariqul Islam and Dinajpur District Superintendent of Police Md Zedan Al Musa, PPM, attended as chief guests at their respective workshops. Representing bKash at all three sessions was EVP and Head of External Affairs Major AKM Monirul Karim (Retd).
The sessions featured in-depth discussions on how technology can be harnessed to trace customers’ lost funds and monitor digital transactions to prevent serious crimes, including kidnapping. Participants also examined how to improve coordination between investigators and bKash, and were briefed on the immediate protocols to follow when a criminal incident involving MFS is detected.
Central to the workshops was the principle that digital transactions inherently leave a traceable footprint, enabling investigative bodies — including the Police, DB, CID and PBI — to conduct more precise investigations. Because every transaction can be monitored and tracked, law enforcement agencies are better positioned to identify criminal gangs and bring them to justice.
bKash has been conducting the “Investigation and Prevention of Mobile Financial Services Misuse” workshop series with various stakeholders since 2017 as part of its wider commitment to safeguarding its platform from criminal exploitation.
