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As the pandemic situation eases, the Force is gradually restoring its international connections through strengthening the communication and collaboration with overseas law enforcement agencies. Officers from the Cyber Security and Technology Crime Bureau (CSTCB), the Financial Intelligence and Investigation Bureau and the Commercial Crime Bureau visited Singapore on November 22 and 23 for the wash-up meeting of the INTERPOL joint operation codenamed HAECHI-III. Targeting cyber-enabled financial crime and associated money laundering, the operation was collaborated by the law enforcement agencies in 26 jurisdictions between June and October 2022. The operation was coordinated by Superintendent Cheung Ting-fung who is now seconded to INTERPOL General Secretariat in Lyon, France.
In the meeting, INTERPOL summerised the operation results and explained the relevant crime trend. Superintendent of CSTCB Tam Wai-shun was invited as a guest speaker to brief on the latest modus operandi of online fraud in Hong Kong that came to light during the operation, and to share the corresponding enforcement results. It accentuated the Force’s global standing in fighting cyber-enabled financial crime. Officers also took this opportunity to share the significant role that Anti-Deception Coordination Centre has been playing in the International Stop-Payment Mechanism, and exchange ideas on the strategies for and challenges in tackling technology crime and cross-boundary cyber-enabled financial crime to consolidate the foundation for future transboundary joint operations.
