New system to check exportation of stolen cars
Aug 28, 2007
THE permanent coordinating committee of the East African Police Chiefs Council (EAPCCO) meeting in Bujumbura, Burundi has recommended the use of vehicle clearance certificates in cross-border sales.
By Geresom Musamali
and Jean Pierre Nkunzimana
THE permanent coordinating committee of the East African Police Chiefs Council (EAPCCO) meeting in Bujumbura, Burundi has recommended the use of vehicle clearance certificates in cross-border sales.
The Police spokesperson, Asan Kasingye, said the certificates, to be issued by the Interpol national bureaus, will show that the vehicle was driven legally in one country and sold lawfully in another.
“We used to have so many cases of vehicles being stolen in one country and sold in another. We hope that the certificates will reduce such cases,†Kasingye said in Kampala yesterday.
The committee noted the consistent absence of Ethiopia, Eritrea and Djibouti to meetings of EAPCCO, to which they are members.
They agreed that the annual subscription fee for each member-state be increased from $1,000 to $6,000 per year. Burundi, Uganda, Tanzania, Sudan and Kenya attended the meeting.
Uganda’s acting director of the Criminal Investigations Department, Okoth Ochola, chaired the meeting at the Source du Nil Hotel in Bujumbura yesterday.
The discussions were held ahead of the EAPCCO annual meeting that will be held at Bujumbura Hotel today.
All police chiefs of member-states, including the Inspector General of Police, Gen. Kale Kayihura, are expected to attend the event.
EAPCCO is an affiliate of Interpol, an international security body, with 186 member states. Somalia, which registered last year, is the latest entrant to the body.
and Jean Pierre Nkunzimana
THE permanent coordinating committee of the East African Police Chiefs Council (EAPCCO) meeting in Bujumbura, Burundi has recommended the use of vehicle clearance certificates in cross-border sales.
The Police spokesperson, Asan Kasingye, said the certificates, to be issued by the Interpol national bureaus, will show that the vehicle was driven legally in one country and sold lawfully in another.
“We used to have so many cases of vehicles being stolen in one country and sold in another. We hope that the certificates will reduce such cases,†Kasingye said in Kampala yesterday.
The committee noted the consistent absence of Ethiopia, Eritrea and Djibouti to meetings of EAPCCO, to which they are members.
They agreed that the annual subscription fee for each member-state be increased from $1,000 to $6,000 per year. Burundi, Uganda, Tanzania, Sudan and Kenya attended the meeting.
Uganda’s acting director of the Criminal Investigations Department, Okoth Ochola, chaired the meeting at the Source du Nil Hotel in Bujumbura yesterday.
The discussions were held ahead of the EAPCCO annual meeting that will be held at Bujumbura Hotel today.
All police chiefs of member-states, including the Inspector General of Police, Gen. Kale Kayihura, are expected to attend the event.
EAPCCO is an affiliate of Interpol, an international security body, with 186 member states. Somalia, which registered last year, is the latest entrant to the body.