The newly commissioned Indian Revenue Services (IRS) officers inducted in departments like the Enforcement Directorate, Income Tax, Serious Fraud Investigation Office, Directorate of Revenue Intelligence and CBI are undergoing a special training at RAW’s training academy at Gurgaon and IB’s National Intelligence Academy in Delhi. This is to strengthen the line of defence against technically equipped economic offenders engaged in money laundering and other economic offenses.
This training programme is coordinated by the finance ministry’s Central Economic Intelligence Bureau (CEIB) and is restricted for Group A officers of the Indian Revenue Service. Some of the modules of the programme are also open to the other officers from superintendent level to principal commissioners level.
A total nine course modules developed by premier agencies, RAW and IB are being offered to acquire expertise in intelligence gathering and handling of digital and forensic evidence.
The courses for the newly commissioned officers also include investigating economic crime in securities market, conducted at the National Institute of Securities Market, Navi Mumbai; trade-based money laundering at State Bank Institute of Consumer Banking, Hyderabad; legal aspects & legal matters at National Law University, Delhi, Forensic Accounting and Techniques of investigation using Digital Forensic at National Academy of Direct Taxes, Nagpur.
