| Interpol needs to revamp strategy to keep abreast of crime | |
| Interpol must modernize if it wants to effectively fight increasingly sophisticated crime syndicates in the next century, the police organization's president said Thursday. | |
| The criminal environment has changed at a "much greater pace'' than Interpol, Toshinori Kanemoto told the opening session of the 67th general assembly of the International Criminal Police Organization. | |
| A failure to modernize Interpol could mean the organization "risks being displaced against a backdrop of international organized crime ,'' he said. | |
| Kanemoto said a new Interpol strategy will be discussed at the six-day assembly and, if adopted, would be put into effect next January. | |
| The former Japanese police official said the assembly also will discuss terrorism , which he called one of the "new forms of criminality,'' as well as the illegal drug trade and money laundering . | |
| With crime becoming increasingly sophisticated, Kanemoto said, it has become harder for police officials to gather evidence for prosecution. He said these new challenges require increased cooperation, particularly through Interpol. | |
| The police officials are expected to discuss a strategic development plan aimed at making Interpol more proactive by re-examining the needs of the group's 177-member states, Kanemoto said. | |
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