As criminals innovate and global security threats evolve, law enforcement needs to work with expert partners to access the technologies, resources, and information that will help them stay ahead. INTERPOL’s new policy on private sector partnerships is a robust framework for cooperation that has real-world impact.
“As global threats continue to diversify and grow more sophisticated, partnering with private sector entities is increasingly important to ensure that we can continue to effectively connect and empower law enforcement in our member countries to fight crime together”, says Darrin Jones, INTERPOL Executive Director, Partnership and Planning. “Today, INTERPOL is very much looking for diverse new partners”, he continues, “thanks to a policy that structures an approach to partnerships based on the trust that has always been central to our work”.
Partnering with the private sector is not new to INTERPOL. The biometrics and cryptography leader IDEMIA began providing technology to support our forensics work in 1999, for example, while funding from the Human Dignity Foundation and the Tim Tebow Foundation plays a significant role in helping us protect children from online crime. Our cybercrime teams also work with a number of banks, cybersecurity companies and technology service providers, sharing data to prevent and help investigate cyberattacks and online fraud. Now we are taking an important step further with a formal, coherent and organization-wide approach to private-sector partnerships, fully aligned with INTERPOL’s values.
Bridging the global trade data gap
As transnational organized crime groups continue to exploit global air, road and sea supply routes to embed their illegal activity within legitimate trade infrastructures and flows, INTERPOL is looking closely at forging partnerships in the global supply chain industry and this year’s Munich Security Conference was an opportunity to move ahead on discussions with both public and private leaders in the field. “Critical information on this criminal activity exists but too often remains siloed and that limits our collective ability to disrupt the networks involved”, says Darrin Jones. “There is an urgent need for a global, multi-stakeholder partnership that can bridge the data gap between law enforcement and the supply chain industry to enable information sharing, intelligence analysis and the generation of actionable leads for law enforcement worldwide”.
INTERPOL Partners’ Conference 2026
INTERPOL’s policy on private sector partnerships mitigates risks, whether financial, operational or reputational, for all parties and ensures that any engagement with a private sector entity is consistently guided by our Constitution, vision, mission and strategic goals.
We will once again openly discuss current and emerging threats, as well as new opportunities for collaboration at our 2026 Partners’ Conference on 30 June and 1 July. The event will convene INTERPOL’s diverse community of partners, including representatives from Ministries of Interior and Foreign Affairs, justice authorities, international development and cooperation agencies, regional and international organizations, and private sector partners. The programme will present current and new initiatives as well as operational capabilities across key crime areas, illustrating how innovation, partnership and integrated approaches can enhance global law enforcement cooperation and deliver concrete outcomes.
For more information, contact our Strategic Partnerships team at spd@interpol.int