INTERPOL headquarters is host to a three day conference for senior police officials from around the world where initiatives, aimed at meeting the emerging crime threats facing member countries, are being discussed.

INTERPOL's seventh Heads of National Central Bureaus (NCBs) conference runs from 19-21 April with 250 delegates from almost 150 countries. The focus of this conference is on the need for innovation and research to provide the cornerstone for the future as well as the ability to meet the challenges presented by 21st Century crimes and the evolving security requirements of member countries. The world body of police could meet that need through a continual process of adapting resources and expertise without neglecting the central mission to maintain international cooperation.

On the first day of the conference INTERPOL President Khoo Boon Hui said:

"To remain effective and relevant, INTERPOL must clearly understand the current global policing challenges, anticipate emerging security threats and develop innovative crime approaches to counter such threats."

Secretary General Ronald K. Noble emphasized the fundamental role played by INTERPOL's National Central Bureaus in extending law enforcement co-operation worldwide and spoke about the future and the implications of a changing security landscape:

"The establishment of the INTERPOL Global Complex in Singapore by 2014 will open the way towards the INTERPOL of tomorrow – an INTERPOL able to address cyber-crime and to satisfy the demand of our member countries for capacity building and training of police to meet the crime challenges of the 21st century."

"Every day, thousands of people around the world are becoming victims of a crime perpetrated via the Internet. Innovation is making it possible for people to have greater access to one another for good and for bad."

"To operate effectively in this landscape, INTERPOL must make research and innovation – particularly fighting digital crime and providing digital security – one of its best allies. Innovation and digital security must become the cornerstone of INTERPOL's future," concluded the head of INTERPOL.

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