Police conference focuses on beating terrorism

INTERNATIONAL police forces will come together in Dublin this weekend in a bid to step up the fight against drug trafficking and money laundering by terrorists.

The conference, hosted by the gardaí, includes police experts from other European Union members states, Russia, Hungary, the US and Canada. They will be joined by representatives from the European Commission and Europol, the EU police service.

Specialist garda units, including the Garda National Drugs Unit, the Criminal Assets Bureau, the Special Detective Unit and the Garda Bureau of Fraud Investigation, will take part.