Media Invitation: INTERPOL Secretary General to visit South Africa to discuss progress in combatting transnational crimes

Media Advisory
South African Police Service (SAPS)

PRETORIA – The National Commissioner of the South African Police Service (SAPS), General Fannie Masemola will host the INTERPOL Secretary General (IPSG), Dr Jürgen Stock and the INTERPOL General Secretariat delegation on an official visit to South Africa from 24 to 25 July 2024.

The purpose of the visit by the INTERPOL Secretary General, is to monitor progress made by 196 INTERPOL member countries on preventing and combating transnational organised crime through information sharing. This visit also aims to monitor modernisation of INTERPOL SA.

Directors General and representatives within the Security Cluster will also be in attendance including Special Investigating Unit(SIU), the Border Management Authority(BMA) and Financial Intelligence Centre (FIC).

The International Criminal Police Organisation (INTERPOL) is an international organisation that facilitates worldwide police cooperation and crime control.

Members of the media are invited to attend as follows:

Date: Wednesday, 24 July 2024
Time: 16:00 for 16:30
Venue: SAPS Tshwane Academy, 1 Rebecca Street, Pretoria.
RSVP to: Lieutenant Colonel Amanda van Wyk 067 595 0163

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