Starmer will present this Monday, at the Interpol General Assembly, the objective of repressing human trafficking groups and strengthening international collaboration to confront this threat.
The United Kingdom will make an additional investment of 75 million pounds (90 million euros) to strengthen border security, raising investment in this area over the next two years to 150 million pounds, the Government said.
The doubling of the investment to 180 million euros was announced on the eve of the Interpol General Assembly this Monday in Glasgow (Scotland), the first to take place in the United Kingdom in more than 50 years. which will be inaugurated by the British Prime Minister, Keir Starmer. The financial contribution is intended for the Border Security Command, reads a note.
During the inauguration, Starmer will present his objective of crack down on human trafficking groups and strengthen international collaboration to confront this threat.
The General Assembly is the supreme body of Interpol and is made up of senior law enforcement officials and ministries from the organization’s 196 member states.
In his speech, Starmer will describe his experience fighting international terrorist and drug trafficking groups during his previous term as Director of Public Prosecutions, an experience that he hopes will allow him to dismantle the human trafficking groups that lead to illegal migration and constitute a serious threat. to global security.
This financial boost for the Government’s new Border Security Command will be channeled, among other things, towards technologies aimed at strengthening collaboration in Europe to dismantle human trafficking networks.
“The world needs to become aware of the seriousness of this challenge. I was elected to ensure the safety of the British people. And the existence of strong borders is part of this objective. But security is not limited to our borders,” Starmer said in the statement.
“This is a vile trade that must be eliminated wherever it thrives. “That is why we are applying our anti-terrorism approach, which we know works, to gangs with our new Border Security Command,” he added.
For her part, the Minister of the Interior, Yvette Cooper, stated in the note that “criminal smuggling groups benefit from undermining border security and putting lives at risk, and they have been with impunity for too long.”
Source: Observadora
