Vietnam puts forth proposals on combating transnational crimes in ASEAN

In his speech, Minister Quang presented a series of proposals aimed at ramping up combined efforts against cross-border criminal activities, including the intensification of information sharing on criminal activities and joint task forces to investigate and verify crimes across borders, as well as the co-ordination of patrols to combat drug and human trafficking, organised crime, and cybercrime.

He said that all sides must better co-ordinate efforts in monitoring and tackling crimes committed by citizens of one country in another, highlighting the importance of diversified regional media campaigns in order to raise public awareness and proactively prevent threats early and from afar such as human trafficking, terrorism, and cybercrime.

Minister Quang called for improved effectiveness in handling mutual legal assistance requests, extradition, and transfer of criminals among the ASEAN member states.

This includes efforts to locate and recover assets embezzled or laundered, as well as ensuring compliance with legal regulations and diplomatic requirements.

As part of efforts to keep abreast with the rapid development of technical means employed by criminals, Minister Quang proposed advancing co-operation in high-level sci-tech innovations, such as artificial intelligence, big data, and virtual assistants.

He also underlined the need for supporting training and capacity building for law enforcement personnel as a way of improving practical capabilities and combating transnational crime under the principle of not lagging behind criminals and preventing crime from thriving.

Participants at the event also gave several recommendations with a view to ramping up co-operation and sketching out strategies to combat transnational crime in the time ahead.