INDIA has sought “concerted action” through Interpol channels to combat and prevent on “real-time basis” transnational crimes such as terrorism, online radicalisation and cyber-enabled financial fraud, officials said on Friday.

At the 91st General Assembly of the Interpol in Vienna, the Indian delegation led by CBI Director Praveen Sood also stressed on the need to abolish any safe havens for crime, criminals and proceeds of crime as well as coordinated strategies to curtail operations of transnational criminal organisations.

 

The five-member team included NIA Director General Dinkar Gupta. The four-day assembly, which began on November 28, also celebrated the centenary year of the international police cooperation organisation which was formed in 1923. Increased leveraging of Interpol channels and relationships with law enforcement agencies globally to combat crime and criminals saw 24 criminals and fugitives wanted by India brought back this year, the highest ever in a year, the spokesperson of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) said here. “Further, India has also geolocated more than 184 criminals in various countries and initiated formal proceedings for their return,” he said.

 

During discussions with law enforcement agencies from multiple countries, India sought for enhanced coordination through the Interpol with a view for “concerted action” to combat organised crime, terrorism, drug trafficking, money laundering, online radicalisation, cyber-enabled financial crimes, and to “prevent these crimes on a real-time basis”, the spokesperson said. “India has stressed on the need to deny any safe haven for crime, criminals and proceeds of crimes. The need for coordinated strategies to curtail criminal organisations, which operate across international jurisdictions, was deliberated,” according to a statement.