IGP leaves for Turkey to attend Interpol general assembly

Inspector General of Police (IGP) Benazir Ahmed left Dhaka for Turkey on Saturday to attend the 89th Interpol General Assembly, reports UNB.

He will lead a five-member delegation to the three-day conference that will be held in Turkey on 23-25 November, said Md Kamruzzaman, AIG (media) of the police headquarters.

The International Criminal Police Organisation, commonly known as Interpol, is an international organisation that facilitates worldwide police cooperation and crime control.

At the conference, police representatives from 194 member countries of Interpol will formulate various policies on the current global security situation, international and inter-state crime, violence, fundamentalism and terrorism, money laundering, organised crime, cybercrime, pornography, abuse of women and children, sexual harassment and data management of miscellaneous crimes, and will take plan adoption and determine implementation strategy in this regards.

Besides, the conference will focus on mutual cooperation in inter-state crime detection and suppression strategies, enhancing the capacity of the police and various issues related to current and future crimes and what needs to be done to resolve the crisis, he said.

The IGP of Bangladesh will have a courtesy meeting with the Secretary General of Interpol, the police chiefs of friendly countries including their representatives from ASEANPOL and their delegations and discuss matters of mutual interest, the AIG (media) added.

ASEANAPOL is the National Police organisation for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).

The delegation is expected to return to the country on 27 November after attending the Interpol General Assembly.