Patrick Stevens, INTERPOL Director, Counter Terrorism, on the role of partnerships
Channel: INTERPOL
Date: 2019-11-22

SINGAPORE – A border operation coordinated by INTERPOL has detected 36 suspected foreign terrorist fighters (FTFs) in addition to other criminals travelling across Southeast Asia.

Operation Sunbird IV (29 October – 7 November) took place in all 10 countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). It facilitated cooperation between law enforcement agencies in order to identify, arrest and investigate terror suspects and criminals crossing borders in the region.

An Operational Coordination Unit at the INTERPOL Global Complex for Innovation in Singapore coordinated the exchange of information and follow-up actions between the participating agencies in the ASEAN countries: Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.