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Philippines Growing                                                             Exactitude



              Defence Cooperation                                                             Asia



              with India                                                                      Displaying


                                                                                              Investigation


                                                                                              Focus Tool


                                                                                              Software




                                                                                              Exactitude Asia is marking its debut
                                                                                              at ADAS by showcasing the Aletheia
                                                                                              LVA 6.50E from Nemesysco Ltd. This
                                                                                              is the first time that the Aletheia LVA
                                                                                              6.50E investigation focus tool soft-
                                                                                              ware is being displayed at ADAS.
                                                                                              Speaking to GBP Show Daily, a com-
                                                                                              pany official said, “Aletheia LVA 6.50E
                                                                                              is an investigation focus tool software
                                                                                              that gives law enforcement / intelli-
                                                                                              gence officers insight on the person’s
                                                                                              emotion during an interview/interro-
                                                                                              gation.” He added that Exactitude
                                                                                              Asia is targeting law enforcement
                                                                                              agencies and military units that are
                                                                                              involved in investigation or intelli-
                                                                                              gence gathering.”

                                                                                              The Aletheia LVA 6.50E is in use with
                                                                                              over 20 countries and is designed
              The Philippines is eyeing increased defence  invited Indian investments in long-term eq-  for professional investigators only,
              ties with India with the latter offering co-de-  uity partnership towards promoting assured   prioritizing investigation directions
              velopment and co-production of defence  supply chains. The opening of a Defence   computer software conducting voice
              equipment. There has been an overall en-  Wing at Embassy of India, Manila is planned   analysis for emotion detection, pro-
              hancement in bilateral defence cooperation  to occur in the near future.        vided to professional investigators
              across all sectors between both nations.                                        and security officials only. Assisting
                                                     The Philippines is committed to a Self-  the interrogator to focus on the rel-
                                                                                              evant directions in the interrogation,
              The fifth meeting of the India-Philippines  Reliant Defence Posture, with a par-  while avoiding wasting time on the
              Joint Defence Cooperation Committee  ticular focus on supply chain resilience   irrelevant ones.
              (JDCC) was held in Manila this month. It  as a critical component of the country’s
              was co-chaired by India’s Defence Secretary  defence strategy. In a broader context,
              Giridhar Aramane and his counterpart Senior  Secretary Teodoro stressed the necessity   The LVA 6.50E complements the poly-
              Undersecretary, Ministry of National Defence  of engaging in dialogue with like-minded   graph. It is used at an early stage of
              of Philippines Irineo Cruz Espino. The JDCC  nations to build a framework for cooper-  the investigation with a wider number
              construct has been established under the  ation built on universally accepted prin-  of suspects. It will narrow down the
              ambit of the Memorandum of Understanding  ciples of international law. He highlight-  number of suspects and will direct
              on defence cooperation between India and  ed the need to create a “great net” that   the investigator to the relevant top-
              the Philippines signed in 2006.        fosters  regional  stability  and  security.    ics of investigations which then can
                                                                                              be directed to the polygraph. It can
              During the meeting, Aramane invited the                                         also be used prior to the polygraph
              Philippines to partner with the Indian de-  2024 marks the 75th anniversary of dip-  in circumstances when the polygraph
                                                                                              cannot yet be used.
              fence industry in co-development and  lomatic relations between India and the
              co-production of equipment. Espino also  Philippines.

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