Submitted by: Transnational Crime Committee

TCC.15.t2018

WHEREAS, transnational crime results in significant harm from the community level up to the national level, encompassing hundreds of billions to trillions of dollars in economic loss annually, victimizing individuals through human trafficking, as well as destroying the safety of communities through violence, drug distribution and other criminal activity; and

WHEREAS, transnational crime, by its very nature, crosses multiple local, state and national boundaries, affecting myriad jurisdictions in the process; and

WHEREAS, the sharing of information between the various jurisdictions that are affected by a Transnational Criminal Enterprise is critical to the effective identification and countering of said transnational criminal enterprise; and

WHEREAS, this resolution is consistent with the position of The Quintet of Attorneys General. Now, therefore, be it

RESOLVED, that the International Association of Chiefs of Police supports or agrees with the further development and implementation of information sharing practices, protocols and initiatives related to transnational Criminal enterprises; and, be it

FURTHER RESOLVED, it shall be the goal of the International Association of Chiefs of Police to promote information sharing in the most efficient manner possible by utilizing, to the extent possible, existing information sharing networks, such as currently existing fusion centers and Regional Information Sharing Systems; and be it

FURTHER RESOLVED, the International Association of Chiefs of Police calls on government to create the environment to support information sharing networks including bringing forward legislative changes.