Interpol’s Hong Kong meeting to consider ‘silver notice’ targeting criminal assets

Interpol will seek approval at its general assembly in Hong Kong next month for a new “silver notice” system to target criminals’ assets and speed up financial investigations into transnational crime.

Hong Kong’s police chief also pledged to make financial investigations and scams a top priority in discussions with overseas counterparts during Interpol’s annual meeting, which the city is hosting for the first time.

Interpol secretary general Valdecy Urquiza said in an interview in Hong Kong that the global law enforcement organisation would strive to keep technical channels for data exchange open among member states despite growing geopolitical tensions worldwide.

“Transnational crime has become the standard. Criminal activities, they necessarily relate to more than one country, you see criminal organisations in one part of the world targeting communities in a different part of the world,” Urquiza said.