Interpol warns of mounting terrorist Web sites
Interpol warns of mounting terrorist Web sites
The global police network Interpol has warned that the “skyrocketing” number of extremist Web sites are fueling terrorist recruits.
During the International Association of Police Chiefs summit in Paris on September 21 and 22, Ronald Noble, secretary general of Interpol, told attendees that the threat from an increasing number of extremist Web sites made it easier for young people to be recruited for terrorist activities.
The meeting was held behind closed doors, but Interpol posted Noble’s remarks on its Web site during the conference.
Noble, according to Interpol, said the Internet was easing the path to radicalization, calling the growing number of sites “a global threat that only international police networks could fully address.”
Noble said terrorist recruiters exploit the Web to target young, middle class, vulnerable individuals who were usually not “on the radar of law enforcement”.
He also called for increased international sharing of DNA profiles, as well as for more effective use of DNA technology and best-practice standards in police investigations, at the 6th Interpol International DNA Users’ Conference for Investigative Officers that opened in Lyon, France, on September 22.
To truly unleash the full potential of DNA profiling and its multi-lateral use, more countries needed to share information on DNA profiles to facilitate the work of police investigators, said Noble.
Noble has been busy. He addressed the organization’s first Information Security Conference in Hong Kong on September 15, according to Interpol’s Web site. The event, which was co-sponsored by Interpol and the Hong Kong police, aimed at giving law enforcement representatives, industry leaders and academic experts throughout the world a platform to collectively address the issue of information security, according to the organization.
The conference drew 300 delegates from 50 countries, said Interpol.
At that event, Noble called for law enforcement worldwide to develop an international identity verification system, which he said Interpol was ideally placed to co-ordinate against ‘the very concrete security threat’ of cybercrime.
“Considering the anonymity of cyberspace, cybercrime may in fact be one of the most dangerous criminal threats ever,” said Noble. “A vital component in fighting transnational crime must therefore include the policing of information security and the provision of secure communication channels for police worldwide based on common standards.”
By: Mark Rockwell
The global police network Interpol has warned that the “skyrocketing” number of extremist Web sites are fueling terrorist recruits.
During the International Association of Police Chiefs summit in Paris on September 21 and 22, Ronald Noble, secretary general of Interpol, told attendees that the threat from an increasing number of extremist Web sites made it easier for young people to be recruited for terrorist activities.
The meeting was held behind closed doors, but Interpol posted Noble’s remarks on its Web site during the conference.
Noble, according to Interpol, said the Internet was easing the path to radicalization, calling the growing number of sites “a global threat that only international police networks could fully address.”
Noble said terrorist recruiters exploit the Web to target young, middle class, vulnerable individuals who were usually not “on the radar of law enforcement”.
He also called for increased international sharing of DNA profiles, as well as for more effective use of DNA technology and best-practice standards in police investigations, at the 6th Interpol International DNA Users’ Conference for Investigative Officers that opened in Lyon, France, on September 22.
To truly unleash the full potential of DNA profiling and its multi-lateral use, more countries needed to share information on DNA profiles to facilitate the work of police investigators, said Noble.
Noble has been busy. He addressed the organization’s first Information Security Conference in Hong Kong on September 15, according to Interpol’s Web site. The event, which was co-sponsored by Interpol and the Hong Kong police, aimed at giving law enforcement representatives, industry leaders and academic experts throughout the world a platform to collectively address the issue of information security, according to the organization.
The conference drew 300 delegates from 50 countries, said Interpol.
At that event, Noble called for law enforcement worldwide to develop an international identity verification system, which he said Interpol was ideally placed to co-ordinate against ‘the very concrete security threat’ of cybercrime.
“Considering the anonymity of cyberspace, cybercrime may in fact be one of the most dangerous criminal threats ever,” said Noble. “A vital component in fighting transnational crime must therefore include the policing of information security and the provision of secure communication channels for police worldwide based on common standards.”
By: Mark Rockwell
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