Dubbing terrorism, corruption, drug trafficking, poaching and organised crimes as “globalised threats” staring at the world, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said the pace of change of these dangers is faster than earlier and the world must come together to defeat these threats.

“When threats are global, the response cannot be just local! It is high time that the world comes together to defeat these threats,” Modi said while inaugurating the 90th General Assembly of the global policing body, Interpol.

Exhorting the global community to work faster to “eliminate safe havens” for terrorists, criminals and the corrupt, Modi said when the “forces of good cooperate, the forces of crime cannot operate.”

The Prime Minister released a commemorative postage stamp and a `100 coin to mark the 90th General Assembly.

Modi was welcomed at the venue by Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Interpol President Ahmed Naser Al Raisi and Secretary General Jurgen Stock.

In his address to the gathering of 195 member countries of Interpol which included a delegation of Pakistan, led by its Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) Director-General Mohsin Butt, the Prime Minister said India has been combating trans-national terrorism for several decades.

“Long before the world woke up to it, we knew the price of safety and security. Thousands of our people made the ultimate sacrifice in this fight,” he said.

He said a safe and secure world is a shared responsibility of the global community.

There can be no safe havens for the corrupt, terrorists, drug cartels, poaching gangs or organised crime.

 “Such crimes against people in one place are crimes against everyone, crimes against humanity. Further, these not only harm our present but also impact our future generations.

“Police and law enforcement agencies need to devise procedures and protocols to increase cooperation. Interpol can help by speeding up Red Corner Notices for fugitive offenders,” he said.