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THE (SADC) Chiefs of Police Sub-Committee-Southern African Regional Police Chiefs Cooperation Organisation (SARPCCO) is meeting today in Tanzania.
SADC says the four-day 30th SARPCCO annual meeting in Dar es Salaam is for regional police chiefs to discuss strategies aimed at preventing transnational organised and cross-border crimes.
The meeting is being chaired by the Inspector General of Police (IGP) of the Tanzania Police Force, Camillus Wambura.
During the meeting, the current SARPCCO chairperson, IGP Wambura will hand over the chairmanship to Mrs Merlyne Yolamu, Inspector General of the Malawi Police Force.
In a statement, the regional bloc said the meeting will focus on strengthening regional frameworks to combat transnational organised crime in the SADC region.
“Key discussions will focus on enhancing regional efforts to combat crime, information sharing, and coordination of joint and simultaneous operations targeting organised criminal syndicates involved in cross-border crimes such as drug trafficking, firearms trafficking, motor vehicle theft, trafficking in persons, smuggling of migrants, stock theft, money laundering, and cybercrime,” reads the statement.
The SARPCCO meeting will be preceded by meetings of the Heads of INTERPOL National Central Bureaus for Southern Africa and the SARPCCO Technical Organs, which include the Permanent Coordinating Sub-sub Committee (Directors of Criminal Investigations), the Legal, Women’s Network, and Training Sub-sub-committees. -@muponderichard
