How has INTERPOL's role in the fight against organised crime evolved?

Since international organised crime became global, it has been increasingly merging with world politics and world economics. 

This means new challenges are ahead for international organisations and law enforcement agents. Euronews' Sergio Cantone spoke to the Secretary General of INTERPOL, Jürgen Stock, outside their HQ in Lyon, France, about this topic.

Sergio Cantone, Euronews (SC): How has the cooperation among police forces and the exchange of information been working since the beginning of the war in Ukraine?

Jürgen Stock, Secretary General of INTERPOL (JS): INTERPOL's mandate is that despite political circumstances, despite the difficult situation, we try to facilitate at least a minimum level or the best possible level of international police cooperation. So, if it is a political conflict, of course, we have to avoid that our tools and services are being abused for political purposes, and we are taking that role very seriously, on the one hand. On the other hand, we say we keep the channels of international police cooperation open because, again, criminals exploit any kind of crisis we are having. In particular, to the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, we are very concerned about the weapons that are being delivered and that as soon as the weapons are silent might end up in other theatres around the world. We have seen that in the Balkans. There are many examples. We have seen that criminals try to exploit desperate victims of this conflict who try to leave the country looking for shelter: for example women, and children.

SC: Can you count on the full cooperation, for instance, of the Russian police and security services when it comes to access to databases and full cooperation in terms of providing you names or