Morocco’s Hammouchi takes part in 8th INTERPOL meeting of police chiefs of MENA Region
Director General of Morocco’s National Security and Territorial Surveillance, Abdellatif Hammouchi, took part in the 8th INTERPOL meeting of police chiefs of the Middle East and North Africa region, held at INTERPOL headquarters in Lyon September 3-4.
This meeting allowed the Kingdom’s national security services to highlight their experience in combating new forms of crime and to discuss emerging security challenges in the region, including the fight against organized crime, hacking of financial flows, threats of online recruitment and radicalization, financing through cryptocurrencies, the risks of drone terrorist attacks, as well as atypical threats, the General Directorate of National Security (DGSN) said in a press release.
The Moroccan delegation presented a comprehensive overview of experience and information sharing relating to the fight against cybercrime and its emerging forms, particularly in light of the growing threats posed by the misuse of new technologies for criminal or terrorist purposes.
During this meeting, INTERPOL presented various solutions, IT applications and databases highlighting how the Organization responds to new threats and risks. This involves the development of INTERPOL’s biometric platform, the assessment of the international criminal threat and the measurement of INTERPOL’s Analysis and Intelligence Network, as well as the support and assistance mechanisms that INTERPOL provides to member countries in terms of training and the fight against different forms of transnational crime, the press release added.
On the sidelines of this meeting, Hammouchi discussed with Neal Jetton, the new Director of INTERPOL’s Cybercrime Department, projects and prospects for joint cooperation between Morocco and INTERPOL to fight the risks associated with the use of technologies in criminal and terrorist schemes.
Hammouchi also made a field visit to Interpol’s “Command and Coordination Centre” and held talks with its executives on the mechanisms to strengthen cooperation in cross-border investigations and international prosecutions of internationally wanted persons.
The Moroccan delegation also held bilateral and multilateral talks with the executives of INTERPOL and security and police agencies in the MENA region on ways to coordinate efforts to face security challenges and risks, from a joint and collective perspective to monitor regional and international ramifications of organized crime and terrorism, the press release said.
The high-profile security meeting brought together the heads of security and police agencies in the MENA region, as well as in the Comoros, Djibouti, Somalia, Sudan, and Mauritania.
