Interpol’s Hong Kong meeting to consider ‘silver notice’ targeting criminal assets

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Ma, J. (2026, October 26). Interpol’s Hong Kong meeting to consider ‘silver notice’ targeting criminal assets. South China Morning Post. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3372074/interpols-hong-kong-meeting-consider-silver-notice-targeting-criminal-assets

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South China Morning Post · collected 2026-10-26 · by Jess Ma

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Interpol is set to meet in Hong Kong next month for its general assembly where it will consider adopting a new "silver notice" system aimed at tracing and seizing criminal assets. This initiative seeks to enhance financial investigations into transnational crime. Additionally, Hong Kong’s police chief emphasized the city's commitment to prioritizing financial investigations and scams during discussions with international counterparts at the meeting. Interpol secretary general Valdecy Urquiza highlighted the organization's efforts to maintain open data exchange channels among member states despite global geopolitical tensions.
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Interpol is set to meet in Hong Kong next month for its general assembly and will consider adopting a new "silver notice" system aimed at tracing and seizing criminals' assets to combat transnational crime more effectively. The meeting, hosted by Hong Kong for the first time, includes pledges from local police leaders to prioritize financial investigations into scams during discussions with international counterparts. Interpol secretary general Valdecy Urquiza emphasized the importance of maintaining open data exchange channels among member states despite increasing geopolitical tensions worldwide. He noted that criminal activities now typically cross national borders, with organizations targeting communities in different parts of the world.

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🔮 Global police body aims to adopt resolution on new system for tracing and seizing criminals’ assets at first Hong Kong assembly Interpol will seek approval at its general assembly in Hong Kong next month for a new “silver notice” system to target criminals’ assets and speed up financial investigations into transnational crime. Hong Kong’s police chief also pledged to make financial investigations and scams a top priority in discussions with overseas counterparts during Interpol’s annual meeting, which the city is hosting for the first time. Interpol secretary general Valdecy Urquiza said in an interview in Hong Kong that the global law enforcement organisation would strive to keep technical channels for data exchange open among member states despite growing geopolitical tensions worldwide. “Transnational crime has become the standard.
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Global police body aims to adopt resolution on new system for tracing and seizing criminals’ assets at first Hong Kong assembly Interpol will seek approval at its general assembly in Hong Kong next month for a new “silver notice” system to target criminals’ assets and speed up financial investigations into transnational crime. Hong Kong’s police chief also pledged to make financial investigations and scams a top priority in discussions with overseas counterparts during Interpol’s annual meeting, which the city is hosting for the first time. Interpol secretary general Valdecy Urquiza said in an interview in Hong Kong that the global law enforcement organisation would strive to keep technical channels for data exchange open among member states despite growing geopolitical tensions worldwide. “Transnational crime has become the standard.
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🔮 Global police body aims to adopt resolution on new system for tracing and seizing criminals’ assets at first Hong Kong assembly Interpol will seek approval at its general assembly in Hong Kong next month for a new “silver notice” system to target criminals’ assets and speed up financial investigations into transnational crime. Hong Kong’s police chief also pledged to make financial investigations and scams a top priority in discussions with overseas counterparts during Interpol’s annual meeting, which the city is hosting for the first time. Interpol secretary general Valdecy Urquiza said in an interview in Hong Kong that the global law enforcement organisation would strive to keep technical channels for data exchange open among member states despite growing geopolitical tensions worldwide. “Transnational crime has become the standard.
2026-10-26 · South China Morning Post
Interpol’s Hong Kong meeting to consider ‘silver notice’ targeting criminal assets · assertive framing

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Global police body aims to adopt resolution on new system for tracing and seizing criminals’ assets at first Hong Kong assembly Interpol will seek approval at its general assembly in Hong Kong next month for a new “silver notice” system to target criminals’ assets and speed up financial investigations into transnational crime. Hong Kong’s police chief also pledged to make financial investigations and scams a top priority in discussions with overseas counterparts during Interpol’s annual meeting, which the city is hosting for the first time. Interpol secretary general Valdecy Urquiza said in an interview in Hong Kong that the global law enforcement organisation would strive to keep technical channels for data exchange open among member states despite growing geopolitical tensions worldwide. “Transnational crime has become the standard. asserted
crime → aim → tensions
Criminal activities, they necessarily relate to more than one country, you see criminal organisations in one part of the world targeting communities in a different part of the world,” Urquiza said. asserted
Urquiza → relate → world
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