The delegation of the Directorate for Coordination of Police Bodies of B&H took part at the 45. INTERPOL's European Regional Conference held from 16 to 18 May 2017 in St. Johann im Pongau, Austria. This Regional Conference brought together 126 delegates from 45 INTERPOL member countries from European region, 46 observers from six countries as well as 20 international organisations and private companies (EUROPOL, EUROJUST, CEPOL, FRONTEX, OLAF, UNHCR, SELEC, SEPCA, OSCE, WCO, UNODC, UNMIK, IOM, ICANN, IACA, FACEBOOK), together with 14 demonstrators from INTERPOL General Secretariat.
At the Conference, delegates discussed on the greatest security challenges Europe deals with, such as terrorism – foreign fighters, cybercrime and organised crime, etc., in the context of joint police action of the INTERPOL's European member countries. A special emphasis is placed at the presentation of activities of INTERPOL's European Committee as well as at strenghtening its role, whose membership is complemented by the officer from the Directorate too.
INTERPOL Secretary General Jürgen Stock pointed out, in his introductory address, the importance of international police cooperation through INTERPOL, recalling on remarkable results of the regional operational action "TRIGGER 2", which represents a continuation of the "BALKAN TRIGGER" action initiated by the Directorate.
The Regional Conference testified also the adoption of recommendations in the fight against terrorism and cybercrime, as well as recommendations related to new Strategy for European Region 2017 – 2020.
Directorate's delegation held a number of meetings with representatives of other INTERPOL member countries, during which they exchanged experiences in terms of past cooperation.