Glasgow will be the location for the 92nd Interpol General Assembly, scheduled from November 4 to 7, 2024, at the Scottish Event Campus.
This venue is notable for hosting the COP 26, the UN Climate Change Conference.
As a participant in global security and law enforcement discussions, the United Kingdom’s role in hosting this event underscores its involvement in international policing and public safety endeavours. The General Assembly aims to consolidate Interpol’s 195 member nations towards tackling global illicit operations and managing a range of criminal threats and risks.
The assembly is seen as an occasion to promote collaboration and encourage leadership in international policing, and it offers a forum to strategise against significant crime trends and security challenges, including organised crime, counter-terrorism, and fraud.
Interpol’s General Assembly is its highest decision-making body and draws a broad international assembly of senior law enforcement officials and heads of ministries.
UK Security Minister Tom Tugendhat discussed the implications of hosting the assembly, “Hosting the Interpol General Assembly in Glasgow signifies the UK’s role in global security and policing. It is an opportunity for us to address global threats such as organised crime, terrorism, and fraud.”
The UK’s turn to host the annual General Assembly comes after this year’s 91st General Assembly, which was held in Vienna, Austria.
The Interpol General Assembly in the UK will feature elections for 10 leadership positions, including the role of Secretary General, who is responsible for coordinating the international response to new threats and criminality.
The event will be coordinated with the National Crime Agency, the UK organisation in charge of managing serious and organised crime, including operations through Interpol.
Angela Constance, Scottish Government Cabinet Secretary for Justice and Home Affairs, noted, “Glasgow is recognised for hosting major international events and the Interpol General Assembly adds to that list.”
Graeme Biggar, Director General of the National Crime Agency, shared, “We are prepared to host the 2024 General Assembly and to represent the UK. With crime crossing borders, it is essential for the UK to collaborate with its global partners to limit potential safe havens for criminals and maintain public safety.”
I’m sure the usual unwashed will come over and demonstrate, without knowing who or what INTERPOL is! I’m sure they will think it’s the “international Petrol, Oil, Lubricants” group!!!!!!
Having access to the INTERPOL databases still means the UK is locked out of the Schengen Information System II. UK police and security services conducted more than 600m real time checks on the SIS II in 2019, but the following year lost access to its instant information on policing, national security, or immigration alerts because of Brexit
Articles 39-41 can be requested on a case by case basis, and the clue is in fact in the name mate….Schengen. And the usual unwashed that turn up at these sort of events (this ok more than likely by mistake) would not in fact support the use of SIS in any case! Big brother and all that…..
Another thing never mentioned is how poor the UK was/is in liaising with their European counterparts not for want of trying, but rather a lack of trying We saw that many a time, where the British old bill couldn’t be bothered to carry out a customary search. We saw it many times where the NHS whilst happy to reimburse European health agencies for services tendered abroad (Including eastern Europeans going home to have their kids) refused to bother their arse in which to bill European countries for treating their countrymen and women. We see it with how the British bobby… Read more »
Not a surprise since the majority of police services have discarded their Traffic Division who used to specialise in traffic and highways policing. The confidence of bad drivers that they will not be held to account for their road danger is the result of focusing on so called real crime.
Even the provision of camera evidence of traffic offences doesn’t enable the police services to hold bad drivers to account. They can’t be bothered to enforce the law and minimise road danger.
The contrast with countries like Denmark, Finland and Netherlands is egregious.
worth every penny!
Good call actually mate!
Thanks 👍
That could be ‘interesting’… both Ukraine and Russia being members and probably sending delegates, not to mention that Interpol’s VP is Russian Alexander Prokopchuk.
Funny that. Cannot manage to get their hands on people traffickers. Drugs still flow around the world. And massive corporate tax evasion etc etc etc…..Bungs spring to mind.
Quick update, the Council has approved BAE’s application for the demolition of building 36 at Barrow and a screening application is currently being prepared for imminent submission for its replacement; a crew accommodation facility known as ‘Project Spartan’ according to the cover letter of the companies planning consultants. BAE is again using screening applications to speed through the planning process saying that this facility was proposed under the Yard Modernisation project back in 2014 though I can find no mention of it in the news at the time (All the buildings that appeared in their render have been built) and… Read more »
Maybe it will be filled with Australian economic migrants…
Funnily enough, Reinhard Heydrich was once president of a body that became Interpol.
Hi Daniele
Heydrich was also a spymaster. Norman Ridley wrote an excellent book “The Venlo Sting: MI6’s Deadly Fiasco” describing how Heydrich trapped two SIS agents who had been parachuted into the Dutch village of Venlo in November 1939, only to be captured and tortured for days by the Gestapo (then headed by Heinrich Muller)
The incident was a huge embarrassment for the Dutch government and provided the Germans with significant intel about SIS operations throughout Europe.
Heydrich was a right bastard. SOE did arrange for two Czeck agents to assasinate him, but that’s another story….
I know that story very well mate.
They did get him, eventually, as he died from his wounds being infected later. Lidice got it for that.
He was possibly the most evil man in Germany. The liquidation of Poland’s Jews as part of the Holocaust was known as Op Reinhard in his honour.
Ironically, he did save one Jew. A Polish Fencer with whom he was friendly and competed against.
Going off the Topic good to see Challenger 2 beat Leopards and Abrams in Nato competition .Well done to the Regiment 🤗
London Met Police show the world how good they are in dealing with protesters: