INP
\nISLAMABAD
\nThe Senate Standing Committee on Narcotics Control on Thursday was apprised that Project Amaan had covered over 250 accredited sources of information across the globe to effectively fight narcotics and money laundering.
\nHighlighting key features of world s largest Artificial Intelligence-driven database, Minister for Narcotics Control Shehryar Khan Afridi informed the panel that different law enforcement agencies across the globe had shown their interest in purchasing the data, including ex secretary-general of Interpol.
\nHe said: \u201cSerious discussion with UAE Interpol is also underway to use our data for identifying some of the criminals that had passed through their immigration process\u201d, he informed the Senate body which met here with Sardar Muhammad Shafiq Tareen in the chair.
\nShehryar said the project would fully enable Pakistan to identify the illegal transferred money in the drug trade.
\n\u201cThe data is updated in less than 10 minutes while some new features of the project like facial recognition and smart search are underway,\u201d he added.
\nThe minister said that it was the landmark achievement that had made Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) one of the most effective forces in the region. He said the intelligence from this solution would also be shared with other law-enforcement agencies and other stakeholders.
\nApprising the panel, Secretary, Ministry of Narcotics Control, Amjad Javed Saleemi said that a team of database experts was working regularly to collect, normalize and validate the data from the sources to ensure the efficacy of the solution.
\nTo curb the illicit drugs trade, he said it was country s first data-bank on individuals and organizations, reportedly involved in crimes related to narcotics and money-laundering.
\n\u201cOver 200 global government agencies are being monitored under the project. Besides it has tagged more than 100 drugs and 20 pluschemicals that were involved in the production of narcotics\u201d, he added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
INP ISLAMABAD The Senate Standing Committee on Narcotics Control on Thursday was apprised that Project Amaan had covered over 250 accredited sources of information across the globe to effectively fight narcotics and money laundering. Highlighting key features of world s largest Artificial Intelligence-driven database, Minister for Narcotics Control Shehryar Khan Afridi informed the panel that […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-86035","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-national"},"yoast_head":"\n