ASEAN meets on cross-border crime

ASEAN meets on cross-border crime

YANGON (Reuters): Senior officials of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations met in the Myanmar capital on Monday to discuss transnational crime, including drug trafficking, arms smuggling and money laundering.

The gathering of senior officials precedes a meeting of home ministers of the 10-member bloc due to take place on Wednesday.

In an opening address, Myanmar home minister Col Tin Hlaing said the meeting would consider establishing an ASEAN center to tackle transnational crime.

He said it would consider entrusting the ministerial meeting with a supervisory and consultative role in dealings with ASEAN institutions on the issue.