Eugénio Laborinho was speaking at the closing ceremony of the 26th African Regional Conference of the international police organization, which began on Tuesday and ended this Thursday, in Luanda.
"For crimes that transcend borders, solutions must be through international cooperation, based on collaboration and cooperation between countries", he stressed.
Eugénio Laborinho pointed out President João Lourenço's "gigantic efforts" to promote peace and stability in Africa and the world, "focusing on diplomacy, including economic, which mobilizes potential foreign investors", which is only possible if there are security conditions.
He also highlighted that the deliberations and strategies adopted during the conference are essential for strengthening police cooperation and aim for rapid responses to combat, among others, emerging trends in environmental crime in Africa, the threats of terrorism and strengthening cooperation in security matters. .
He called, on the other hand, for better use of Interpol's instruments and services, especially the database, with a view to combating transnational crime, including terrorism, financial and cyber crimes and drug trafficking.
"We need to improve the use of tools designed to locate and capture perpetrators of these crimes, regardless of whether they are from countries of origin or the countries where they committed the crimes", highlighted the government official.
At the meeting, the leaders of African police authorities voted in favor of adopting a series of recommendations to boost the exchange of police data in the region, according to the program's final statement, to which Lusa had access.
Although the amount of data that countries in the region share through Interpol systems grew by seven percent last year, information sharing in Africa remains lower than in other regions of the world, according to Interpol.
"The significant intensification of the exchange of police data within and outside Africa is recognized as a necessary condition to effectively confront the global threats of crime", reads the statement from the organization, whose main officials were in Luanda, in a total of more than 160 police leaders from 36 countries.
