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The memorandum of understanding is hoped to crack down on organised crime gangs
Agreement will formalise how the forces officially share information and co-operate on organised crime clampdown Garda Commissioner Justin Kelly said the Garda now had ties with various international law enforcement agencies.
Photograph: Stephen Collins/Collins PhotosThe agreement will formalise how the forces officially share information and co-operate on investigations into drug distribution and serious organised crime. The Garda cited the deal as a “significant milestone” in increasing interpolice force co-operation to help fight against organised crime and international drug trafficking.
“An Garda Síochána is determined to play our part internationally in combating the deadly and harmful impacts that transnational organised crime groups inflict on communities,” the Garda CommissionerSolicitor James MacGuill, who acted in several landmark cases, dies aged 63from the United Arab Emirates earlier this year, following on from a formal extradition treaty signed in late 2024 between the two states. Gardaí worked with international law enforcement to investigate links to a Colombian cartel.
Kelly said the agreement was “another step in demonstrating and strengthening that close international co-operation, disrupting degrading and dismantling transnational organised crime groups” “The co-operation comes at a time when organised crime groups continue to exploit international supply chains and transportation networks to facilitate the movement of illicit drugs. ” The Garda said the agreement reflected the “strong and growing relationship” between gardaí and the Colombian National Police in recent years and would create a formalised structure for information sharing and working together to tackle serious and organised crime.
The agreement will support ongoing investigations into organised criminal activity, allowing for joint operations and to allow for the exchange of critical intelligence. General William Oswaldo Rincón, director general of the National Police of Colombia, said the agreement would allow the two forces to “exchange criminal intelligence regarding transnational crime and serious offences affecting both nations”. Rules for seeking Irish citizenship to be tightened under new planDublin Book Festival celebrates 20th anniversary in style
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