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Tunisia Palestinian courts step up efforts to combat forgery and counterfeiting
Courts rely on the authenticity and integrity of documents and evidence to deliver fair and just decisions. If forgery goes undetected, it can lead to miscarriages of justice, wrongful rulings, and loss of public trust in the legal system. Supported by EUPOL COPPS, the Palestinian Judicial Institute (PJI) organised a specialised training on Detecting Forgery and Counterfeiting and Examining Documents and Records for 15 court employees from the Higher Judicial Council on 12-13 May in Ramallah. The aim of the training was to enhance the participants’ knowledge and to provide practical skills in detecting forgery and counterfeiting through a comprehensive scientific curriculum. The practical training covered many topics such recognition of fraudulent documents, identifying security marks, clear guidelines on how to handle suspicious documents, signature forgery, manipulation of digital documents and counterfeit currency. The training was delivered by Major Dunya Abdel Raouf Atayneh from the Forgery and Counterfeiting Detection Department of the Criminal Evidence Department of the Palestinian Civil Police, a certified expert in handwriting and signature examination and document forgery detection.
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