GEORGETOWN, Guyana – The INTERPOL Americas Regional Conference has concluded after two days of productive discussions, operational exchanges and strategic dialogue among law enforcement leaders.
Delegates examined the evolving threat landscape facing the Americas, with a particular focus on transnational organized crime, illicit financial flows and emerging crime trends.
Operational effectiveness
The conference also adopted two recommendations aimed at enhancing operational effectiveness across the region by:
- Targeting illicit financial flows by strengthening cooperation between law enforcement, financial intelligence and crime units, asset recovery offices and judicial authorities.
- Enhancing information sharing related to illicit finances and assets to better map criminal networks and their illicit financial flows.
- Increased use of INTERPOL tools, including the Global Rapid Intervention of Payments (I-GRIP) stop-payment mechanism and Silver Notices to trace, freeze and recover the proceeds of crime.
- Engaging with the INTERPOL Operational Task Force Model to support intelligence led policing in addressing complex transnational organized crime threats.
The conference underlines the commitment of countries across the Americas to deepen cooperation, share expertise and strengthen collective efforts in the face of converging crime threats threatening the region's security and prosperity.
Some 80 law enforcement officials from 27 countries across the region and beyond took part in the two-day (23 and 24 September) meeting held in Georgetown, Guyana.