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Date: Thu Oct 21 2010 - 20:37:41 EDT
Interpol
Police co-operation in East Africa focus of regional police chiefs meeting in Sudan
Posted by: African Press Organization | 21 October 2010
KARTHOUM, Sudan, October 21, 2010/African Press Organization (APO)/ - Top police officials from East African countries have been meeting in Khartoum to identify
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ways of increasing law enforcement capacity to enhance regional and international co-operation against crime and public
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safety threats such as terrorism and maritime piracy, as well as trafficking in human beings, drugs and weapons.
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The two-day meeting (19-20 October) of the Eastern African Police Chiefs Co-operation Organization (EAPCCO) -
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which includes Burundi, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Seychelles, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda -
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heard Sudanese Interior Minister Ibrahim Mahmoud emphasize the strategic importance of international police co-operation
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via INTERPOL for regional peace and security. INTERPOL Secretary General Ronald K. Noble commended the strength of
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police co-operation in East Africa due to its increased collaboration with the wider global law enforcement community
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through the world police body.
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Lauding the efforts of INTERPOL and of its member countries in combating cross-border crimes and protecting
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citizens by setting 'new standards for police co-operation', Sudan's Interior Minister said that the exchange through
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INTERPOL of information relating to criminal activities and to fugitives had 'tightened the grip' on criminals and curbed
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crime.
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Mr Noble told the EAPCCO meeting that INTERPOL would continue to work even more closely with law
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enforcement throughout Eastern Africa to ensure that police on the ground had access to the tools they needed and to
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assist officers to work together across disciplines and across borders. In this respect, the Head of INTERPOL encouraged
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the East African police officials to consider further incorporating the use of INTERPOL's global police tools into their daily
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operations.
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"The continued expansion of access to INTERPOL global databases to key sites throughout East Africa's countries,
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including at airports and seaports, would enable front-line officers to detect immediately if a traveler is wanted
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internationally or attempting to enter the country on a fraudulent document," said Mr Noble, pointing to the MIND/FIND
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technical solutions developed by INTERPOL already installed in several countries across the region.
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The INTERPOL Chief highlighted how in August, East African countries participated in the latest phase of Operation
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Mamba targeting pharmaceutical counterfeiting and the illicit trade of pharmaceutical products. Involving police, customs
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and drug regulatory authorities, the operation led to the seizure of 10 tons of counterfeit and smuggled medicines, and to
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the arrest of some 80 individuals.
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Similarly, in July, Uganda requested the issue of INTERPOL notices to help identify two men suspected of carrying
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out a suicide bombing on the night of the football World Cup final. The attack in Kampala left more than 70 people dead and
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at least another 70 seriously injured.
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And in June, Sudan asked INTERPOL to issue an Orange Notice international security alert following the escape of
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four prisoners sentenced to death for the murder of an American aid official and his driver. One of the men has since been
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recaptured.
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Mr Noble said these law enforcement actions demonstrated the commitment of East African countries to share
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potentially vital law enforcement information with law enforcement regionally and worldwide via the world police body.
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In addition to EAPCCO, other regional police chiefs bodies working closely with INTERPOL to seek solutions to
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crime in Africa include CAPCCO (Central African Police Chiefs Committee), SARPCCO (Southern African Regional Police
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Chiefs Co-operation Organization) and WAPCCO (West African Police Chiefs Committee).
SOURCE INTERPOL http://www.interpol.int/
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