INTERPOL hosts European Troika co-operation meeting to boost regional security through global approach
04 November 2008 LYON, France – A meeting bringing together Europe’s Troika of the Article 36 Committee (CATS) and INTERPOL was held yesterday at the global police organization’s General Secretariat in Lyon to discuss and best identify ways of strengthening co-operation between INTERPOL and the European Union (EU).
Talks between the Troika – consisting of delegations from the current French Presidency of the EU, the General Secretariat of the Council of the EU, the EU Commission, as well as from the forthcoming Czech EU Presidency and Europol – and INTERPOL’s European Committee (IEC) particularly focused on the need for both international arenas of co-operation to avoid duplication of international law enforcement work and harness their initiatives to establish synergies to address today’s security challenges.
Arrest and extradition of Tunisian terror suspects from UK underlines need for combined regional and international policing efforts
04 November 2008
LYON, France - The successful extradition to Italy from Britain of three Tunisian terror suspects who were the subject of European Arrest Warrants and INTERPOL global alerts has highlighted the need for countries to use regional and international policing tools to prevent wanted fugitives from evading arrest.
Habib Ignaoua, Mohamed Khemiri and Ali Chehidi, who are accused by Italian authorities of plotting to recruit volunteers ready to commit acts of terror, arrived in Milan on Saturday. They were arrested in England last year as part of co-ordinated raids across Europe against an alleged Italian-based network recruiting fighters for Iraq and Afghanistan.
INTERPOL is the world’s largest international police organization, with 187 member countries. It exists to help create a safer world by supporting law enforcement agencies worldwide to combat crime.
INTERPOL is the world’s largest international police organization, with