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INTERPOL General Assembly opened by Prime Minister Narendra
Ministers, police chiefs and senior law enforcement officials from some 160 countries
gather in India
NEW DELHI, India
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has officially opened the INTERPOL General Assembly, the
supreme governing body of the world’s largest inte
rnational police organization.
Facing unprecedented complexity in the criminal threat landscape, ministers, police chiefs and senior law
enforcement officials from 166 countries will discuss how to strengthen INTERPOL’s global solutions to support
national and regional security.
Identi
fying where INTERPOL can integrate technological advancements to turn potential future threats into
operational opportunities will also be discussed.
Addressing delegates, Prime Minister Modi said, “There are many harmful globalized threats that the world
faces: terrorism, corruption, drug trafficking, poaching and organized crime. When threats are global, the response
cannot be just local. The pace of change of these dangers is faster than ever.
“Over the last ninety
nine years INTERPOL has connected po
lice globally over 195 countries. Making a safer
world is a shared responsibility. When the forces of good cooperate, the forces of bad cannot operate,” added
Prime Minister Modi.
INTERPOL President Ahmed Naser Al
Raisi said, “As the world’s largest polic
ing organization, it is the job of
INTERPOL to make sure that all countries are supported.
“Partnership and information sharing helps us to better tackle and prevent crimes. INTERPOL’s databases are
the foundation that supports our work, and every countr
y’s contribution is vital,” said President Al
Raisi.
INTERPOL Global Crime Trend Report
The four
day conference (18
21 October) will see the launch of the first ever INTERPOL Global Crime Trend
report, which draws on data and information from across th
e Organization’s 195 member countries to identify
current and emerging threats worldwide.
Among the major crime threats identified in the report, financial and cybercrimes were highlighted as being
of particular concern.
To address these threats, resolut
ions to strengthen the Organization’s collaborative response to disrupting
financial crime and corruption, and encouraging greater use of INTERPOL’s International Child Sexual Exploitation
database to identify and rescue victims of abuse are on the agenda.
The General Assembly will also be updated on the work, and successes, of the INTERPOL Financial Crime and
Corruption Centre since its creation earlier this year.
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Intercepting criminal proceeds
In the past 10 months alone, INTERPOL’s global stop
yment mechanism, the Anti
Money Laundering Rapid
Response Protocol has helped member countries recover more than USD 60 million in criminal proceeds from cyber
enabled fraud.
INTERPOL Secretary General Jürgen Stock said, “Transnational crime is not hamper
ed by pandemics, climate
change or economic pressures; indeed the opposite is true, so the law enforcement response needs to be equally
quick to respond.
“The General Assembly provides the global law enforcement community with an opportunity to underline its
“We share, we target, we connect, we act. Together. Because this i
s the mission,” concluded Secretary
General Stock.
Among the resolutions to be considered by the some 720 delegates is encouraging greater use of INTERPOL’s
Familia database. The first of its kind, I
Familia is a global database which uses DNA from rela
tives for kinship
matching to identify missing persons or unidentified human remains around the world.