ASEAN police meet in Myanmar

ASEAN police meet in Myanmar

YANGON (AP): Southeast Asian police chiefs began a two-day conference in Myanmar on Monday focused on increasing cooperation against transnational crimes such as drug trafficking, the flesh trade and cybercrime.

"The problem of the 21st century is organized crimes committed across national boundaries," Myanmar's home minister Col. Tin Hlaing said in his opening address at 20th annual gathering of police chiefs from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).

He warned of "dire consequences on the political, economic and social situations of nations" posed by crimes like drug trafficking, arms and human smuggling, black marketeering of nuclear technology, cybercrimes, piracy, money laundering and corruption.

The police chiefs from all 10 ASEAN member states are attending the conference held at a downtown Yangon hotel.