ASEAN Reinforces Cooperation in Combating Transnational Crime, Terrorism

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ASEAN Reinforces Cooperation in Combating Transnational Crime, Terrorism

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has successfully enhanced cooperation in combating transnational crime and terrorism in 2002, said the ASEAN Annual Report Sunday.

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The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has successfully enhanced cooperation in combating transnational crime and terrorism in 2002, said the ASEAN Annual Report Sunday.

Released prior to 36th ASEAN Ministerial Meeting Monday, the report said ASEAN is committed to efforts to counter terrorism.

Over the past year, a number of arrests against terrorism have been made as a result of the exchange of intelligence information and the cooperation among its members.

The ASEAN Leaders' Declaration on Terrorism has further intensified the member countries' efforts to prevent, counter and suppress the activities of terrorist groups in the region, said the report.

It said a work program to implement the ASEAN Plan of Action toCombat Transnational Crime, which was adopted in May 2002, is currently being implemented.

The work program covers eight priority areas, namely illicit drug trafficking, trafficking in persons, sea-piracy, arms smuggling, money laundering, terrorism, international economic crime and cyber crime.

ASEAN also adopted joint declarations for cooperation to combatinternational terrorism with the United States in 2002, and with the European Union early this year.

A joint declaration between ASEAN and China on cooperation in the field of non-traditional security issues was adopted in November 2002. The declaration aims to deepen the cooperation in various areas of fighting transnational crime.

Moreover, the Philippines hosted the International Conference on Anti-Terrorism and Tourism Recovery, and Indonesia organized the Regional Conference on Combating Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing last year.

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