The establishment works with native legislation enforcement businesses and Interpol to fight illicit actions
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An 89-year-old Chilean police organisation is doing every thing in its energy to make sure its small pool of 300 residents is properly taken care of within the UAE, a high official informed Khaleej Occasions.
Hooked up to the Embassy of Chile in Abu Dhabi, the Chilean Investigative Police (PDI) works with native legislation enforcement businesses and Interpol to fight illicit actions with worldwide ties, revealed Richard Biernay Arriagada, police attaché, Embassy of Chile.
On the event of PDI’s 89th anniversary, Biernay spoke solely to Khaleej Occasions on its position within the UAE.
Biernay mentioned a ceremony was held on the Embassy of Chile in Abu Dhabi as a part of the anniversary celebrations. Cost d’Affaires Giovanni Cisternas Velis and all of the consular part employees on the mission paid a short tribute to the PDI for being one of many best-evaluated establishments by way of belief and legitimacy.
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The Investigations Police of Chile is the civilian police of Chile. Based in 1933, it’s one in all two Chilean police our bodies, together with the legislation enforcement police: Carabineros de Chile. The PDI is the principal legislation enforcement arm of the Public Ministry of Chile in a legal investigation.
The PDI works with the worldwide legislation enforcement group on safety, organised crime, human trafficking, large-scale financial crimes, and cash laundering.
In line with information maintained by the Chilean consular part in Abu Dhabi, there are about 300 Chileans who’re presently dwelling within the UAE. “A overwhelming majority of them reside in Dubai, and some are in Abu Dhabi,” mentioned Biernay.
What’s the precise position of the PDI within the UAE?
Biernay, a police officer with 26 years of service within the establishment, is a Migration and Worldwide Police, specialist. He mentioned the PDI oversees the affirmation of identities of Chileans and foreigners residing in Chile and collaborates with authorities on migratory issues associated to background checks and the validity of residences.
It helps the mission by interviewing foreigners requesting vacationer visas to journey to Chile. “PDI additionally collaborates in confirming the information of Chileans residing within the GCC nations by consulting the pc methods of the PDI, Interpol and different inner sources,” he added.
“We additionally help the identification of Chileans to acquire emergency documentation.
Do you assist distressed individuals?
“Each time a Chilean citizen resident or vacationer within the UAE has an emergency, they contact the Chilean mission in Abu Dhabi. The Consul determines how the consular part group or this Police Attaché we collaborate in serving to our nationals,” Biernay.
PDI has a number of areas of investigations Cybercrime, Environmental Crimes, Human Rights and Crime officers, to call a number of.
“The division has additionally resolved varied points confronted by Chileans within the UAE,” he added.
PDI’s relationship with UAE
The PDI maintains communication with totally different authorities and different related organisations, similar to personnel from the Dubai Police, Abu Dhabi Police, the Ministry of the Inside and Interpol Abu Dhabi, and police attachés from different nations in UAE.
“Between March 14 and 17 this 12 months, in Dubai, the PDI participated within the World Police Summit organised by Dubai Police. Chilean Investigative Police PDI, via director-general Sergio Muñoz Yáñez spoke as one of many audio system, addressing the problem of drug trafficking and the social position of the PDI within the battle in opposition to micro-trafficking via the PDI police mannequin known as “MT0” (em, you, zero or Micro site visitors zero),” he added.
Between March 13 and 17, 2022, in Dubai, the PDI, via its SWAT group, participated within the UAE SWAT Problem. Biernay mentioned, “The PDI considers worldwide cooperation important to fight organised crime and rising crimes. Chilean detectives are presently current in additional than 18 nations via attaché workplaces and hyperlinks.”