Lieutenant General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi,a KwaZulu-Natal SAPS Commissioner accompanied Deputy Minister of Police,Cassel Mathale to attend the 93rd Interpol General Assembly in Morocco.
According to South African Police Service(SAPS),the annual Interpol General Assembly is a platform for member countries to strengthen multilateral partnerships and to adopt collective strategies aimed at enhanced global safety and security.
Mkhwanazi is amongst other senior police officials such as Major General Nonhlanhla Zulu (Head of Specialised Units in SAPS),and Brigadier Ntime Mokhine (Head of Interpol in South Africa) to accompany the Deputy Minister.
Deputy Minister Mathale is confident that the SAPS delegation will this opportunity to focus its efforts on strengthening relations with member countries to prevent and combat the country's challenges which include border security, human trafficking and vehicle smuggling cases, drug trafficking and the flow of illegal firearms between countries.
“Transnational crime is a serious cause for concern for SA and this meeting presents an opportunity for law enforcement agencies to strengthen collaboration at an international level. We look forward to robust discussions, and may we depart having gained improved cooperation and mutual understanding with the various countries that have converged under one roof,” said Deputy Minister Mashale.
The South African delegation will get the opportunity to engage in bilateral meetings with other member countries to explore enhanced intelligence sharing, training, and technical support.
“We are looking forward to bilateral discussions with leading countries on cyber security to enable us as a country to improve and enhance our cyber crime security efforts. Bilateral engagements will also include countries affected by drug smuggling especially South America. We will also be actively participating and supporting the adoption of a Sliver notice as a strategy to trace and recover criminals assets which are kept in foreign countries,” said Lt Gen Mkhwanazi.