 Th

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eofFI
Aincon
trol
l
ingor
gan
izedcr
imesi
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ist
an

TheFederalI
n vesti
gationAgen cy(FIA)isani mp ort
antagencyinPaki
stanthatplaysak eyrolei
n
contr
oll
i
ngorgan i
zedcr imesint h
ecou ntry.I
tisth epremierl
awen f
orcemen tagen cywi t
hthe
mandatetoi
n vesti
gatean dcomb atvari
ou sformsofcr ime,i
ncl
udi
ngorganizedcr i
me. Th eFIA'
s
pri
maryfocusisonf i
n ancialcri
mes ,
s u
chasmon eylaunderi
ng,
counter
feit
ing,andf raud,aswellas
cybercr
ime,
h umant rafficki
ng,andsmu ggli
ng.Th eagen cyal
sohasaman dat etop romotean densur
e
compli
ancewithinter
n ationals
tandardsan dbes tpracti
cesinth
ef i
ghtagai
n storgan i
zedcri
me.

I
nor dertocomb atorganizedcri
me, theFIAemp l
oysavari
etyoft acti
csands t
rategies. Theagency
hasas trongint
ell
i
gen cean dsurvei
l
lancecap abil
i
ty,whi
chall
owsi tt
ogat h
erinfor
mat ionan dmoni
tor
cri
minalacti
vit
ies.I
talsocon du
ctsun dercoveroperati
onst
oi n
f i
l
trat
ean ddis
ruptcriminal
organi
zations
.Additi
on al
l
y, t
heFIAh asan umb erofspeci
al
izedu ni
ts,s
uchast heCyb ercr i
meWi n
g,
theAn ti
-HumanTr af
ficki
n gUni
t,andt heImmigrati
onWing,whicharefocusedonin ves t
igati
ng
specifi
ctypesofcr i
me.

TheFIAal sowor ksclos el

ywithoth erlawen forcementagen cies,b othi
nPak is
t anan di
nternation
all
y,
tosharei nf
ormationan dcoordinateef fortst odisr
uptanddi sman t
lecr i
minalorgan i
zati
ons.I
th as
establ
i
s hedli
aisonofficesinvariouscou ntr
ies ,
wh i
chhelpt ofacil
itateint
ernati
on alcooperati
onan d
coordi
n ati
oninthef i
ghtagainstorgan i
zedcr ime.Addit
ionall
y,theFI Aisamemb erofvar i
ousr egi
onal
andinternati
onalorganizat
ion
s ,suchast heSou thAsi
anAs sociat
ionf orRegional Cooperati
on
(SAARC) ,t
heEcon omi cCooper at
ionOr ganizati
on(ECO) ,andt heAs i
aPacifi
cGr ouponMon ey
Launder i
ng(APG) ,whichall
owi ttos harei nformati
onan db estp r
act i
ceswi t
hot herlawen forcemen t
agenci
es .

I
naddi ti
ontoitstradi
ti
onallawen forcemen tf u
nct
ions,t
heFIAalsop l
aysak eyrol
einthe
en for
cemen toflawsrelatedt othecon t
r olofnar
coti
cdr ugsandpsychotr
opicsub
stances,aswel
las
hu mantraf
ficki
ng, s
muggling,andot herformsofcr oss-
bordercri
me.Th eFI
A'sAnti
-Narcot
icsFor
ce
(ANF)an dtheAn ti-
Smu ggl
ingOr ganizat
ion( ASO)aretwos peci
al
izedunit
st h
atareresponsi
bl
efor
i
n vesti
gati
ngan dcomb ati
ngdr ugtraffi
ckingan ds
mu ggl
ing.

TheFIAi salsoresp onsib

lef orpromot i
ngandensuri
n gcomp l
iancewi thintern
ati
onalstandardsand
bestpract i
cesi
nt hef i
ghtagai nstorgani
zedcri
me. Th i
sincl
u deswor ki
ngwi thin
ternati
onal
organi
zat i
ons,su
chast heFi nancialActi
onTaskFor ce(FATF)an dt h
eUn i
tedNati
on sOffi
ceon
Drugsan dCr i
me( UNODC) ,toh elpPakis
tanmeetitsob l
i
gationsu nderrelevantint
ernati
onal
conventionsandp rotocols.Th eFIAalsoworkscloselywithot hergovernmen tagencies,suchasthe
StateBan kofPak i
s tan(SBP)an dtheSecuri
ti
esan dExch angeCommi ssionofPak i
stan(SECP) ,t
o
ensureth atPaki
stan '
sfinancialsystemiscompl
iantwi t
hinternati
on alst
an dar
dsan dtopreven t
mon eylau n
deri
ngan dt errori
stfinanci
ng.

I
ncon clus
ion,
theFIAp l
aysavitalr
oleincon tr
oll
i
ngorganizedcri
mesinPak i
stan.I
tisresp
onsib
lef
or
i
nvestigati
ngandcomb ati
ngvari
ousf ormsofcr i
me,i
ncludingf
inanci
alcri
mes,cybercri
me,human
t
raff
ick i
ngands muggl
i
n g,dr
ugtraf
ficking.
Toach i
eveitsgoals,i
temp l
oysavarietyoftacti
cs,
i
ncl
udin gi
ntel
l
igencegatheri
ng,
s ur
veill
ance,andundercoveroperati
ons,andworksclosel
ywithot
her
l
awen f
orcementagenci
es,b
othinPak i
stanandin
t er
nati
onal
ly,
tos h
areinf
ormat
ionandcoordi
nat
e
eff
ort
stodisr
uptanddisman
tl
ecr i
minalorgani
zat
ions.Addi
ti
onall
y,i
tpromot
esandensures
compl
i
ancewithin
tern
ati
onalst
andardsan dbestpracti
cesinthefi
ghtagai
nstor
gani
zedcri
me.