In the wake of advancement in technology, more and more criminals are using the Internet and banking facilities in committing crimes. Being aware of this situation, Yau Tsim District (YTDIST) invited 90 representatives from over 20 financial institutions to attend an Anti-crime Banking Seminar in Tsim Sha Tsui Police Station on December 13.

 

After YTDIST Commander Yu Tat-chung extended a warm welcome to the representatives, Chief Inspector Yu Hoi-kwan analysed the crime situation, case characteristics and crime prevention measures for bank-related crimes. 

 

As email scam involved many company bank accounts and the account holders were largely outside Hong Kong, the seminar focused on briefings on the "Customer Due Diligence" guidelines, with a view to making optimal use of banking staff's professional knowledge to reduce the chances of opening bank accounts in Hong Kong for money laundering.

 

The seminar was so popular with the representatives that some of them invited YTDIST to attend their internal training day to provide more briefings to their frontline banking staff.  

 

Mr Yu hopes the seminar would further strengthen the close working relationship between police and the financial sector and achieve the Force's strategic direction of "Engaging the Community".