South Korea promotes cooperation with ASEAN in cracking down on fraud and human trafficking crimes

According to a VNA reporter in Seoul, an international conference initiated by the Korean police to combat transnational fraud and human trafficking was held in Korea on November 11-12.

South Korean police are deployed to ensure security near the Constitutional Court in Seoul. Photo: THX/TTXVN

The conference, called the Global Operation Meeting, is a mechanism involving the International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations Police (ASEANAPOL). This is the first in-person meeting within the framework of the joint operation "Breaking Chains" initiated by the Korean Police to combat transnational fraud and human trafficking.

At the conference, the countries exchanged documents related to 24 cases of organized fraud and cybercrime, along with 75 tracing clues; and discussed specific cooperation measures such as arresting and extraditing suspects. In particular, with 8 cases related to organized fraud that had collected sufficient evidence, the conference discussed plans to coordinate the arrest of suspects and rescue victims.

South Korean police said they will coordinate with Interpol's INFRA-SEAF operation, a South Korean-funded campaign to catch fugitives, to prevent a "bubble effect" where fraud suspects flee to other regions.

In October, Interpol and South Korean police launched a joint operation in the border areas between Cambodia and several neighboring Southeast Asian countries to track down suspects linked to fraud dens, and are expected to continue expanding operations to key border areas in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) this month.

The Korean police affirmed that this conference contributes to strengthening the mechanism of information sharing and investigation coordination to deal with the spread of new types of transnational crimes such as cyber fraud and digital asset crimes.

Previously, at the 43rd ASEANAPOL Annual Conference held in early November in Bangkok, Thailand, the Korean Police Agency proposed the global cooperation campaign “Breaking Chains”. This campaign was approved at the conference with absolute consensus.

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