Bangladesh, Nov. 10 -- Bangladesh and Singapore have discussed strengthening cooperation between their police forces to combat transnational crime, money laundering, cybercrime and terrorist financing.

The issues were discussed when Philip Ong, Charge d'Affaires of the Singapore High Commission in Dhaka, paid a courtesy call on Inspector General of Police (IGP) Md Ali Hossain Fakir at Police Headquarters on Monday. Both sides stressed the need for closer collaboration between Bangladesh Police and Singapore Police through joint investigations, intelligence sharing and technical assistance.

Ong highlighted the importance of developing a standard operating procedure (SOP) for joint investigations into transnational crimes and money launderi...