Luanda  - The Angolan Home Affairs minister, Roberto Leal Ramos Monteiro "Ngongo", Tuesday in Luanda, said it is a must that the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC)’s polices concert actions towards an effective fight against transfrontier crime.

 
The minister was speaking at the opening of the first course of Command and Leadership for SADC Female Police Network going until March 16 in Luanda.

 
 
"As a result of the globalised and interacting world in which we are included, crime in all its variations, is in permanent evolution and permanently refines the techniques and forms of action”, stressed the minister.

 
According to the minister, the need for concert in action requires a coordination of effort among the organs which deal everyday with crime.

 
For this reason, he added, the need for a synchrony among the polices of the region is a natural consequence of the proliferation of transfrontier crime, resulting from the migration of people and goods, owed to the interactive movement the world records. 

 
As to training, "Ngongo" underlined that it is part of an effort towards improving the performance of SADC female police officers.

He said that only with skilled and well prepared staff can the polices of the region better respond to challenges.

According to Leal Monteiro, the ongoing course is of great importance, mainly because of Southern Africa’s geostrategic dimension.

 
The officer said as well that an economically strong region, with various natural resources, naturally becomes an area of greed on the part of various strange interests.

Thus, he added, it is up to the police to secure public order , tranquillity and social peace required for the socio-economic development of the countries of the region.

 
 
The course is being attended by 33 female police officers from SADC and is intended to equip the women network with major interaction and skills. 

 
 
The SADC Female Police Network is an organ of the Southern Africa Regional Police Chiefs Cooperation Organisation (SARPCCO), intended to group all policewomen from member countries.

SADC groups Angola, South Africa, Botwsuana, Namibia, Zambia, Tanzania, Madagascar (suspended), Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Leshoto, Suaziland, DR Congo, Mauritius and Malawi.