Police Deputy Inspector General, Major General Anne-Marie Nainda, has been nominated as a candidate for the presidency of INTERPOL.

Anne-Marie Nainda's candidacy was recommended by the SADC Chiefs of Police Sub-Committee and endorsed by the SADC Ministerial Committee of the Organ on Politics, Defence and Security Cooperation in July, before being approved by the SADC Summit of Heads of State and Government.

 "Major General Nainda will contest the position during the 93rd Session of the INTERPOL General Assembly in Marrakech, Morocco, scheduled for November of this year. Nainda is currently in Cape Town, attending the 27th INTERPOL African Regional Conference, which opened on Wednesday, under the theme Leveraging Cooperation, Innovation, and Partnerships to Fight Transnational Organised Crime," said Deputy Commissioner Kauna Shikwambi.

As part of the three-day conference programme, Nainda, who serves as INTERPOL's Executive Committee Delegate for Africa, is moderating a session on how the organisation's tools and partnerships are combating financial crime in Africa. 

Opening the conference, INTERPOL President Major General Ahmed Naser Al-Raisi pledged support to African member states and encouraged police chiefs to speak out on transnational crime.

Al-Raisi, whose term ends in November, will step down at the General Assembly in Marrakech.

In his address, South Africa's Acting Minister of Police, Firoz Cachalia, stressed the threat posed by transnational organised crime to peace, stability, and development in Africa and beyond.

The conference, which concludes on Friday, is focused on enhancing regional cooperation, strengthening cybersecurity, and improving information sharing among member countries.