On Sept. 10 in Lianyungang, Jiangsu province, China, an International Alliance
to Combat Telecom Network Fraud was formally launched. Delegations from 46
founding countries, 34 observer countries and four international organizations,
including the United Nations and Interpol, attended and issued a joint
declaration. The declaration says participants recognize telecom network fraud
as a global scourge and have agreed to jointly establish an intergovernmental
organization grounded in international conventions to provide a more focused,
professional, efficient and operational mechanism for combating telecom network
fraud and related crimes and for protecting the safety and legal rights of
citizens, legal persons and other organizations.
