article_snippet: British aid money was used to train detectives in tracking mobile phones and analysing call data – skills which researchers warned could be used to ‘monitor and suppress political opposition groups’ in the country where corruption is endemic.
article_snippet: A report reveals that Dfid also funded training for the Bangladeshi police in taking fingerprints - including fingerprinting 40,000 convicted prisoners.
article_snippet: But researchers questioned the value of the scheme in a country where fingerprint evidence is not admissible in court.
article_snippet: A spokesman also defended the fingerprinting project, which A spokesman said would aid the detection of crime and reduce the reliance on forced confessions.
highlights_snippet: Aid also used to train detectives to analyse call data and track mobiles .
  