MOSCOW – Sudanese Interior Minister Babiker Samra Mustafa Ali met Russian Interior Minister Vladimir Kolokoltsev in Moscow on Sept. 29 for talks on police cooperation, cybercrime and the training of law-enforcement personnel.
The Sudanese minister was in Moscow to attend the Sixth International Conference on the Spread of Extremist Ideology, according to the Russian Interior Ministry.
Kolokoltsev said regular dialogue between the leadership of the two ministries was giving new momentum to cooperation between their law-enforcement agencies and contributing to broader bilateral relations.
The Russian minister said both Sudanese and Russian citizens were increasingly exposed to similar forms of transnational crime, including telephone fraud, phishing schemes and cryptocurrency-related financial pyramids.
He said Russian law-enforcement agencies had developed experience in detecting and investigating such crimes and that this expertise could be useful to Sudanese counterparts.
Kolokoltsev also highlighted the importance of the U.N. convention on cybercrime, saying its entry into force and Sudan’s accession could provide additional tools for cooperation between law-enforcement agencies.
The two sides also discussed police training and capacity building, with Russia expressing readiness to continue cooperation in preparing and qualifying Sudanese police personnel.
The Russian side also raised broader concerns about international crime networks, arguing that the uncontrolled flow of weapons and mercenaries linked to the war in Ukraine was affecting global crime patterns.
Kolokoltsev further accused criminal call centers operating with what Moscow describes as tolerance or direct involvement by Ukrainian authorities of expanding their activities beyond Russia into Europe, Asia and Africa.
Those claims reflected the Russian government’s position and were not independently verified.
The meeting concluded with both sides emphasizing the importance of expanding cooperation across key areas of policing and law enforcement.
