National Police Agency and ASEANAPOL to Strengthen International Cooperation Against Transnational Crime

Attendance at the Region's Largest ASEANAPOL Annual Conference

The police are strengthening cooperation with ASEANAPOL, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations Chiefs of National Police.

The National Police Agency announced on July 23 that it is attending the 44th ASEANAPOL Annual Conference, which is being held in Manila, the Philippines, from July 22 to 25, in order to bolster cross-border crime response systems with Southeast Asian law enforcement agencies. The annual meeting is the largest security conference in the region, featuring police organizations from 11 Southeast Asian countries as well as 33 countries and international organizations. Security leaders from participating nations share information on trends in transnational crime and discuss ways to strengthen international cooperation.

The police are on standby to repatriate Korean criminal gang members who committed crimes such as scams and hostage robbery at Phnom Penh International Airport in Cambodia this January. National Police Agency

With transnational crimes such as online scams spreading rapidly in Southeast Asia, the National Police Agency plans to share its response experience and expand international cooperation through ASEANAPOL.

Joon-sung Park, Director General of International Policing and Cooperation at the National Police Agency, attended the meeting as the head of the Korean delegation and shared the Korean government's efforts and achievements in responding to transnational crime. He emphasized that since it is difficult for any one country to address these issues alone, close collaboration between the Korean National Police Agency and ASEANAPOL is crucial to eradicating transnational crime. He also shared the vision and progress of the Korea-ASEAN cooperation project (KARE Project), which is being promoted by the National Police Agency and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to jointly respond to Southeast Asian scam crimes. The project is supported by the Korea-ASEAN Cooperation Fund.

In addition, during the conference, the Korean delegation will hold bilateral meetings with the ASEANAPOL Secretariat, and with law enforcement agencies such as those from Cambodia and Vietnam, to discuss ways to strengthen cooperation in combating transnational crime. In particular, in addition to close cooperation in securing approval and advancing the KARE Project, the National Police Agency plans to further develop collaboration with the ASEANAPOL Secretariat in a range of areas, including ▲ personnel exchange ▲ linkage with international cooperation consultative bodies ▲ utilization of the ASEANAPOL database.

Joon-sung Park, Director General of International Policing and Cooperation, stated, "As transnational crime continually evolves and crosses borders, international cooperation must also become more rapid and thorough," adding, "We will expand practical collaborations to protect the Korean people."

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