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- Karapetyan, Salifa (August 2, 2023). "British government donates digital tech to Seychelles Police Force for better training and results", Seychelles News Agency. http://www.seychellesnewsagency.com/articles/19082/British+government+donates+digital+tech+to+Seychelles+Police+Force+for+better+training+and+results
- ↑ Bonnelame, Betymie (November 14, 2023). "China gifts Seychelles Police Force digital forensic lab to help deal with cybercrime", Seychelles News Agency. http://www.seychellesnewsagency.com/articles/19616/China+gifts+Seychelles+Police+Force+digital+forensic+lab+to+help+deal+with+cybercrime
- ↑ Bird, Lucia; Stanyard, Julia; Moonien, Vel; Randrianarisoa, Riana Raymonde (June 2021). "Changing Tides: The evolving illicit drug trade in the western Indian Ocean" https://globalinitiative.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/GITOC-Changing-Tides-The-evolving-illicit-drug-trade-in-the-western-Indian-Ocean.pdf (PDF). Global Initiative. Geneva: Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime. Retrieved December 15, 2023.
- ↑ Uzice, Alisa (January 28, 2023). "Seychelles Police Force to set up cybercrime unit - assisted by Interpol", Seychelles News Agency. http://www.seychellesnewsagency.com/articles/18109/Seychelles+Police+Force+to+set+up+cybercrime+unit+-+assisted+by+Interpol
- ↑ Seychelles Police Force, (2023). "Roles and Functions", Government of Seychelles. https://www.police.gov.sc/about-us/roles-and-functions
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