Effectively combating transnational and cross border crimes requires close cooperation and commitment of several states, because it surpasses a single nation to combat crimes such as terrorism, human and drug trafficking. It is in this regards that Rwanda National Police hosted the Eastern Africa police Chiefs Cooperation Organization (EAPCCO) Police Command Post Exercise (PCXPX).
ACP Martin Amaru, the head of the Ugandan delegation in the exercise, said that regional police officers have been lacking cooperation. "Criminals are very organized, they easily communicate from one country to the other, but we as security forces have been lacking cooperation."
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