Interpol calls for cooperation to combat cybercrime

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Interpol called for an alliance between the public and private sectors for cross-border cooperation to effectively counter cyber and financial crimes.

The organization’s president Meng Hongwei made the announcement during a meeting on Wednesday in Lyon, France.

Law enforcement agencies, banks, financial institutions, Internet service providers and telecom operators should establish an alliance and develop a quick response mechanism to provide timely help when one partner is attacked, he said.

Interpol President Meng Hongwei/VCG Photo

Interpol Secretary General Jurgen Stock said the organization is ideally positioned to be the interface for more streamlined cooperation between global law enforcement agencies and private industry partners.

Interpol's network will provide accurate and valuable information for law enforcement officials from all countries, he said.

Around 200 representatives from law enforcement and the financial, telecommunications and Internet sectors are taking part in the two-day dialogue.

Meng has called for the public and private sectors to link to counter cyber and financial crime. /VCG Photo

It has been reported that law enforcement institutions will carry out a two-month global action against financial crime supervised by Interpol after the conclusion of the Lyon talks.

Established in 1923, Interpol is the second largest intergovernmental organization after the United Nations and currently has 190 member countries.

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