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Security concerns in Europe focus of INTERPOL Regional Conference
Ukraine conflict, border management and organized crime threats to be addressed by
senior policing officials
LYON, France
The conflict in Ukraine and linked security threats posed by organized crime are among the
issues to be addressed at the INTERPOL European Regional Conference.
Meeting in person for the first time since 2019, some 120 senior policing officials from 50 countries will be
updated on INTERPOL’s response to the current security situation and its assessment on regional and global crime
threats and trends.
Although inf
ormation from member countries close to the conflict zone suggests the number of human
trafficking and migrant smuggling cases is not as high as first believed, there remains a significant risk of human
trafficking and smuggling among the refugee populatio
Other crimes linked to the conflict include an increase in financial and cybercrimes such as online scams,
phishing, and malware deployment. Rises in fertilizer and pesticide prices are resulting in greater counterfeit
production, and fuel theft has be
Financial crimes
Delegates will also be briefed on the INTERPOL Financial Crime and Anti
Corruption Centre (IFCACC) which
was launched earlier this year.
Providing a
rapid response for victims of fraud, IFCACC has already helped intercept millions of Euros and is
providing assistance to law enforcement agencies across Africa, Europe and the Americas in ongoing efforts to
combat the Black Axe organized crime group.
ERPOL President Ahmed Naser Al
Raisi said the European region continues to lead in making INTERPOL a
pillar of its security strategies.
“Europe will always find in INTERPOL a secure, neutral gateway for police, within its borders and bridging out
to the r
est of the world,” said President Al
Raisi.
INTERPOL’s European region remains the most active, providing more than 50 per cent of the 122 million
records in INTERPOL’s databases, and having conducted more than one billion searches so far in 2022.
Police
cooperation
“Since we last came together in Poland, the region, and the world, have been shaken by events that have
disturbed our global order in a way that has not been matched in decades,” said INTERPOL Secretary General Jürgen
Stock in his address to
delegates.
“These are the times that test a global, neutral, platform for police cooperation, and its capacity to keep the
channels of police communication open.
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“It is a challenge we can rise to, and overcome, by focusing on what unites us and what we a
ll aspire to fulfill:
A more secure Europe, in a safer world,” concluded Secretary General Stock.
Identifying areas for enhanced cooperation with regional bodies in order to avoid duplication will also be a
key area for discussion during the three
day (17
19 May) meeting.
One example of a successful collaboration is the recent launch of the Frontex INTERPOL Electronic Library
Document System (FIELDS).
provides police officers and border guards visual information on the key markers that can indicate a counterfeit or
forged document.