Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Criminal Investigations Directorate has so far arrested over 50 telecom agents and records officials from various companies over the recent hacking of Pegasus, a third-party aggregator in financial transactions run by MTN, Airtel, Stanbic Bank and Bank of Africa. The hackers accessed Pegasus technologies …
Read More »Stepfather kidnaps child, demands ransom from biological father
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Directorate of Criminal Investigations Department of Police in Kampala is holding three people in relation to suspected kidnap of a three year old baby. According to the CID spokesperson Charles Twine, the three are; Jamil Ssebuliba, a resident of Nateete, Irene Nagawa and another …
Read More »Sim cards used in hacking Pegasus were registered in company name – Detectives
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Investigations into the hacking of two telecom giants and two banks have established that 1,500 sim cards on which money was transferred were registered in the names of a local company. A senior police detective at Criminal Investigations Directorate –CID in Kibuli, has told Uganda …
Read More »POLICE: 4,000 motorcycles stolen in Uganda every year
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Records at the Criminals Investigations Directorate – CID indicate that on average 4,000 motorcycles are stolen every year in Uganda. That is 11 motorcycles are lost daily. The directorate indicates that 13,120 motorcycles have been stolen between 2019 and 2017. Data shows 2018 had …
Read More »Attorney General resists Tumukunde’s desire to transfer CID case to Constitutional court
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Attorney General has asked High Court to reject an application by presidential aspirant Retired Lt General Henry Tumukunde seeking to forward a file challenging the Criminal Investigations Department’s summons to the Constitutional Court for interpretation. In August 2020, Tumukunde through his lawyers led by …
Read More »CID boss cautions records officers against leaking confidential information
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Director of Criminal Investigations Department –CID Grace Akullo has cautioned officers in charge of records at police stations across the country against leaking confidential information to the public. She made the appeal while passing out 103 record officers after completing their basic Records …
Read More »Team set up to probe hacking of bank, telecom systems
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Director of Criminal Investigations Directorate Grace Akullo has set up a team to investigate the alleged hacking into the electronic systems of a bank and two telecom companies. The hackers allegedly accessed systems of Pegasus technologies that manage electronic transactions of telecom companies …
Read More »CID boss receives report on Makerere main building fire
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Grace Akullo, the Director of Criminal Investigations Directorate-CID has reportedly received a report on the fire that burnt Makerere University main building a fortnight ago. According to a source at CID, Akullo received a combined reported from forensic and fire detectives on Thursday for review …
Read More »7 held over murdered truck drivers
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Criminal Investigations Directorate –CID is holding seven suspects in connection to the death of a truck driver and various car robberies in Kampala. The deceased trucker has been identified as Ssalongo Muhammad Kasozi, a resident of Kitezi in Kasangati town council in Wakiso district. …
Read More »105 police officers to undergo investigations course
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | 105 police officers who were recently deployed to the Criminal Investigations Department will on Monday start an investigations course. Last month police, passed out 4,800 Probation Police Constables- PPCs and Learner Assistant Inspectors of Police –AIPs of which a number of them were deployed to …
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