ICPO-Interpol - General Assembly 55th session - Belgrade - 6th-13th October 1986

HAVING STUDIED the reports of the 4th and 5th ICPO-Interpol Symposia on International Fraud,

RECALLING the previous resolutions on economic and financial crime, in particular Resolution No. AGN/52/RES/3 (abrogated by AGN/66/RES/17) and Resolution No. AGN/54/RES/13,

NOTING the recommendations adopted at the 6th Interpol Caribbean and Central American Regional Meeting, particularly those recommending closer co-operation between law enforcement agencies and banking and financial institutions,

CONVINCED of the need to intensify co-operation between the law enforcement community and the banking and financial institutions and associations,

The ICPO-Interpol General Assembly, meeting in Belgrade from 6th to 13th October 1986 at its 55th session:

DECIDES that the General Secretariat shall create a working group to:

1. Improve co-operation between the banking and financial institutions and associations and law enforcement agencies;
2. Develop guidelines and memoranda of understanding with banking security associations and banks to co-operate more fully with law enforcement authorities in the investigation of international frauds and financial crimes;
3. Identify and analyse the methods adopted by criminals in committing international fraud and financial crime, and propose guidelines to the NCBs which would help in fighting such crimes and assist the banking security associations, financial institutions and banks in preventing such frauds.