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Australian Federal Police Commissioner Krissy Barrett has signed several cooperation agreements with US partners in the lead-up to addressing the United Nations Chiefs of Police Summit.
AFP Commissioner Barrett has met with FBI Director Kash Patel to sign a memorandum of understanding aimed at boosting cooperation between the two agencies.
In addition to the FBI, the AFP will sign memorandums of understanding (MOU) with PayPal on information exchange and cooperation and with the US Department of the Army Criminal Investigation Division on combating transnational crime, acts of violence and developing law enforcement cooperation.
The AFP said the MOU will “deepen collaboration to tackle terrorism and transnational crime through shared intelligence, coordinated operations and capability development”.
The FBI MOU is one of several that Commissioner Barrett is expected to sign.
“New or expanded memorandums of understanding will be signed that strengthen frameworks in areas such as intelligence sharing, digital financial flows and supply chains and logistics, all of which are critical to dismantling transnational organised crime,” the AFP said in a 6 July statement.
“The MOUs will also give the AFP the authority to provide some of the legal and operational frameworks to run joint operations and drive capability development initiatives that make policing more effective.”
Ahead of addressing the UN summit, Commissioner Barrett said taking part in such forums was a key part of keeping Australia and other countries safe.
“National security is regional security and global security. By sitting at the table with about 140 UN member states, we can meaningfully shape the frameworks that will empower police collaboration, not just for now, but for the generations to come,” Commissioner Barrett said.
“I have recently returned from the Five Eyes Law Enforcement Group meeting in London, where we agreed to better work together to protect our kids from radicalisation, target the nihilistic online groups brutalising vulnerable communities and use technology to help stop online scam centres stealing the nest eggs of our hardworking citizens.
“Now, the AFP will put on the table some of Australia’s biggest concerns and how we could use the UN’s strategic direction of global policing to help safeguard our country.”
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