DCI boss Amin in Glasgow for Interpol meeting

Director, Directorate of Criminal Investigations Mohamed Amin led the Kenyan delegation to the 92nd Interpol General Assembly scheduled for November 4-7, 2024 in Glasgow, Scotland.

At the sidelines of the meeting, Amin held bilateral meetings with UAE and USA delegations, officials said.

The General Assembly was opened by the UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer who called for law enforcement cooperation in the fight against Transnational Organized Crimes.

He also thanked law enforcement officers for their dedication to work.

He noted that too often, the work of police officers goes unrecognised.

In a bid to create a safer world for all, Interpol collaborates and cooperates with similar organizations, including the African Union Mechanism for Police Cooperation in the fight against Transnational Organized Crimes, terrorism and cybercrime.

At the meeting, there will be four main interactive panels that will look at different aspects of the future of international policing across the organization’s global crime programmes.

They include biometric frontline capabilities, AI and the future of policing sustaining multilateralism – an integrated global security architecture and the future of law enforcement leadership.

The Assembly will also vote to approve the programme of activities and budget for 2025.

Inspector General of Police, Douglas Kanja is the current President of AFRIPOL General.

He attended its meeting last week in Algeria.

Interpol is the world's largest police organisation with a membership of 196 countries, and Kenya hosts the Interpol Regional Bureau for Eastern Africa at the DCI Headquarters.

The bureau connects national law enforcement with other countries and with the General Secretariat.

NCBs are at the heart of Interpol and how they work.

They seek the information needed from other NCBs to help investigate crime or criminals in their own country, and they share criminal data and intelligence to assist another country.