Europol and the People’s Republic of China join forces to fight transnational crime

The Vice Minister of Public Security of the People’s Republic of China, Meng Hongwei, and Europol’s Director, Rob Wainwright, signed today a strategic cooperation agreement to expand cooperation to combat cross-border criminal activities. The agreement allows for the exchange of general strategic intelligence as well as strategic and technical information and operational information with the exception of personal data. It will enable both partners to work on key areas such as migrant smuggling, cybercrime, drug trafficking, asset recovery, money laundering, organised property crime and trafficking in human beings.