Malaysian Minister meets the NFIB

 The NFIB continued to make friends in far away places this week when the Malaysian Interior Minister dropped in straight from 10 Downing Street.

The delegation from the Far East only heard about the Bureau after arriving in London but quickly decided they wanted to see it in full effect.

The Minister of Home Affairs and Internal Security – Dato’ Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein  was met by Commander Ian Dyson and introduced to the NFIB team.

He was shown the business model and Know Fraud system and had a wider discussion about how closer collaboration was needed to disrupt criminal networks that are increasingly setting up boiler rooms in the Far East.

The Minister was so impressed by his visit that within 24 hours the NFIB had a SPOC at the Malaysian Embassy and a new international relationship was blossoming.

This came a couple of months after the Commander of the Australian Federal Police was at the City of London Police to sign a landmark intelligence sharing agreement.

The deal will enable the NFIB to access fraud data stored thousands of miles away to identify serial fraudsters offending in different parts of the world.

Speaking of the visit, the Director of the NFIB Det Supt Tony Crampton said:

“Fraud is a crime that increasingly has no boundaries so it is vitally important for the NFIB to be sharing intelligence with both national and international partners. 

“Closer collaboration is the only way we can stop fraudsters from moving themselves and their operation to different countries to re-offend. 

“The Malaysian Minister and his delegation were very impressed with the work of the NIFB and I look forward to developing this new relationship over the coming months.”