10.11.2025 – (12:01 PM)

The (43rd) ASEANAPOL Conference was held at the Grand Hyatt Erawan Hotel in Bangkok, Thailand from 3 to 7 November 2025, and was attended by a delegation led by the Inspector-General of Police, Deputy Inspector-General Win Zaw Moe, Myanmar Police Force.

At the opening ceremony, the Chief of Police, Royal Thai Police, Inspector-General of Police, Pol. Gen. Kittharath Punpetch, delivered a welcoming speech, and the Prime Minister and Minister of Home Affairs of Thailand, H.E. Mr. Anutin Charnvirakul, delivered an opening speech.

The conference was attended by Chiefs of Police, Deputy Inspector-Generals and Senior Police Officers from 10 ASEAN Police Member States, Executive Directors and Officers from the ASEAN Police Secretariat, and representatives from Australia, ASEAN Secretariat, China, Japan, Korea, New Zealand, Russia, Turkey, the United Kingdom, the International Police Organization (INTERPOL), The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and its partners, including the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) of Canada, France, Fiji, Timor-Leste, the International Committee of the Red Cross (CRC), Italy, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and the Gulf Cooperation Council Police (GCCPOL), attended by about 220 Ministers of the Interior, Chiefs of Police, Deputy Chiefs of Police, Senior Police Officers, and representatives.

In addition, separate meetings of Commissions A, B, and C were held during the conference, attended by senior police officers from ASEAN member countries. The meetings covered drug trafficking, terrorism, arms smuggling, human trafficking, wildlife crime, financial crime, cybercrime, In addition to cooperation in combating crimes such as maritime crimes, the two sides discussed issues such as promoting the use of the Electronic ASEANAPOL Database System (e-ADS), Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters, the exchange of trainees between ASEAN police member countries, and promoting the use of the ASEAN Police Forensic Science Network (APFSN).