ASEAN-plus-three meet on int'l crime<\/p>\n
THAILAND: Senior officials from ASEAN, China, Japan and South
\nKorea gathered on Friday ahead of a first-ever one-day
\nministerial meeting between the grouping and its regional
\nneighbors on transnational crime.<\/p>\n
Saturday's ASEAN-plus-three meeting is aimed at tackling a
\ngrowing web of transnational crime in the region that includes
\nterrorism, trafficking in people, drugs and arms, sea piracy,
\nmoney laundering and cyber crime.<\/p>\n
\"We have been talking in detail in preparation for Saturday's
\nministerial meeting,\" a Thai official said. \"We are discussing
\nhow to proceed with co-operation on transnational crime.\"<\/p>\n
Thursday's meeting of ministers from the Association of
\nSoutheast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in the Thai capital vowed to
\nspeed up an action plan to combat cross-border crime and, in
\nparticular, voiced concern over the rising threat of terrorism in
\nthe region. -- AFP<\/p>",
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