The date has been set for the 34th Annual Crime Stoppers International Conference to be held in Barbados.
A number of enforcement aganecies such as such INTERPOL, UN Office of Drugs & Crime (UNODC), UNICEF and others will attend the September 29th – October 2nd 2013 confernc which will be held under the theme Re-inventing for the Future”.
At this event and over the strategically over the next three yers, Cirm Stoppers International will focus on:
1) Corruption, Financial Crimes and the Financing of Terrorism. Issues that will be addressed include Money Laundering, Payment Card Fraud, Bribery, Embezzlement etc. At the Conference we are aiming to sensitize our members of the types of interventions that we wish to embark upon in this area.
2) Crimes Against Children and Trafficking in Human Beings. Issues which will be addressed include; cyber bullying, child sexual abuse and trafficking. In the area of Human Trafficking, it should be noted that the global news agency CNN has already confirmed their attendance and will be delivering a presentation on the Freedom Project. We are currently in discussions with the CNN Freedom Project to determine the role that each individual local Crime Stoppers program can play in helping to end modern day slavery.
3) Intellectual Property (IP) Crimes and Trafficking in Illicit Goods. In this regard, we are partnering with organizations such as Underwriters Laboratories (UL)/INTERPOL to determine the type of interventions that we as Crime Stoppers can undertake.
In addition to the above, delegates will also have the option to attend specialized 3-hour training sessions in the areas of: strategic planning, proposal preparation and project planning, website and social media, investigating intellectual property crimes, and human trafficking sensitization.
