Interior Ministry Participates in Global Fraud Summit in Lisbon

The Ministry of Interior, represented by the International Cooperation Department, took part in the proceedings of the Global Anti-Scam Summit held in the city of Lisbon in the friendly Republic of Portugal, within the framework of the Ministry's membership as a strategic founding member of the Global Anti-Scam Alliance "GASA".

The summit witnessed broad participation from leaders and representatives of governments, regulatory bodies, law-enforcement agencies, financial institutions, technology companies, consumer-protection authorities, and cybersecurity experts from various countries around the world, with the aim of strengthening joint international efforts to confront scam crimes.

The first day of the summit featured the board meeting of the Global Anti-Scam Alliance "GASA", with the participation of Lieutenant Colonel Saeed Khalfan Al Kaabi, Director of the International Cooperation Department and member of the Alliance's Advisory Council, where the meeting discussed the foremost global challenges associated with scam crimes and the strengthening of international cooperation to confront them.

Lieutenant Colonel Al Kaabi reviewed the foremost efforts of the Ministry of Interior in supporting the Alliance's work and its international initiatives, affirming the importance of unifying efforts among governments, law-enforcement agencies, and the private sector to counter cross-border criminal networks.

The Ministry of Interior took part in the plenary sessions, panel discussions, and workshops that addressed the latest scam methods, victim-protection mechanisms, regulatory policies, data exchange, and the role of technology and artificial intelligence in preventing, detecting, and combating fraud.

Lieutenant Colonel Saeed Khalfan Al Kaabi delivered the Ministry of Interior's address during the session dedicated to combating fraud globally, in which he affirmed the United Arab Emirates' commitment to supporting international initiatives to combat fraud and to strengthening cooperation among governments, law-enforcement agencies, international institutions, and the private sector in confronting cross-border fraud crimes.

He pointed out that fraud crimes have become among the foremost security and economic challenges at the global level amid digital transformation and reliance on modern technologies, which requires strengthening international partnerships and developing sustainable mechanisms for exchanging information and expertise, and harnessing advanced technologies and artificial intelligence in the early detection of crimes, the analysis of criminal methods, and the raising of the efficiency of the security response.