Bangladesh police and Australian Federal Police will work together in curbing transnational organised crimes as the two police forces signed a Memorandum of Understanding in Australian capital city Canberra yesterday. Inspector General of Bangladesh Police AKM Shahidul Hoque and Commissioner of Australian Federal Police Andrew Colvin signed the MoU on behalf of their respective police forces. From now both the police forces will work together in controlling various types of transnational organised crimes including terrorism, smugglings of illegal drugs, goods and illegal firearms, cyber crimes and piracy. It is expected that cooperation between the two forces will be increased in curbing transnational crimes following the signing of the MoU, said Assistant Inspector General (Media) of Police Headquarters Md Nazrul Islam. After signing the MoU, the IGP said increasing technical capability, information exchange and coordination between the two police forces will play a positive role in combating crimes in the region.
