The World Police Summit (WPS) held a preparatory dialogue session on 16 October 2026 at the Dubai Police Officers' Club, Emirates News Agency (WAM) reported. The session took place one month ahead of the fifth edition of the summit, scheduled for 16 to 18 November 2026 at the Dubai World Trade Centre under the patronage of Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President, Prime Minister, and Ruler of Dubai.
Titled “Technology and Intelligence in Modern Policing: AI, Innovation and Anti-Money Laundering”, the preparatory meeting explored how artificial intelligence and emerging tools support criminal investigations and real-time operational decisions. Participants assessed technological methods for identifying financial crime, tracing illicit capital flows, and fostering public-private collaboration.
Diplomatic officials, ambassadors, consuls-general, and consular representatives from Albania, Belarus, China, the Czech Republic, El Salvador, India, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Sierra Leone, Sri Lanka, Sweden, and Tajikistan attended the session. Senior law enforcement attachés from the United States and the United Kingdom, UAE officials, and technology leaders also took part.
Key speakers included Colonel Dr. Rashid Hamdan Al Ghafri, Secretary-General of WPS and Deputy Director of Dubai Police's General Department of Forensics and Criminology for Administrative Affairs; Dr. Adel Alsharji, Chief Operating Officer of Presight; and Russel Hammad, Chief Executive Officer of Zenith Technologies. Organisers noted that in 2025, the summit convened more than 922 global leaders and experts from over 110 countries.
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- www.wam.ae · 2026-10-16
