Draft on organised crime finalized
Source: The Sangai Express
New Delhi, November 06 2015 :
India, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Maldives, Sri Lanka and Myanmar, members of the proposed South Asian Regional Intelligence and Coordination Centre on Transnational Organized Crime (SARICC-TOC), have finalized the Draft Structure and Terms of reference of SARICC-TOC .
During the recently held International Conference 'Networking the Networks' in National capital, delegates from India, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal, Maldives, Sri Lanka and Myanmar discussed threadbare the modalities for creation of a regional platform to be called 'South Asian Regional Intelligence and Coordination Centre on Transnational Organized Crime' (SARICC-TOC), for information/intelligence sharing to enable all Member States to respond Transnational organized crimes.
The SARICC meeting concluded with representatives of the proposed SARICC-TOC, namely, India, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Maldives, Sri Lanka and Myanmar and finalized the draft structure and Terms of reference of SARICC-TOC.
This is all the more relevant since the South Asia region lacks such regional coordination mechanism on the lines of Central Asian Regional Information and Coordination Centre (CARICC) or Asia-Pacific Information & Coordination Center for Combating Drug Crimes (APICC) to facilitate criminal intelligence sharing and operational coordination related to organized crime, including illicit drug trafficking and related activities such as precursor trafficking and money laundering.
Earlier, Department of Revenue, Ministry of Finance, Government of India hosted a 3-day International Meet 'Networking the Networks' from 2nd � 4th November 2-4, 2015 in the national capital.
The theme of the meeting was 'Countering illicit financial flows originating from organized crime'.
The United Nations Office on Drug and Crime (UNODC) provided technical assistance for the meeting.
The Union Finance Minister Shri Arun Jaitley inaugurated the 'Networking the Networks' Conference on 2nd November, 2015 .
Three Day International Meet identified the best practices of the existing international organizations and regional platforms for fast cooperation on illicit financial flows and capacity building.
These practices cover a wide range of issues, such as, organization and setup of regional networks, connection between various networks, new methodologies to disrupt illicit financial flows, capacity building, use of IT tools, international and interagency cooperation.