A six-day gathering of United Nations criminal justice officials, experts, and civil society members opened Sunday in Kyoto, with attendees participating in-person and online.
The 14th U.N. Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, originally scheduled for last year, became the first major international conference to be hosted by Japan since the start of the coronavirus outbreak.
The Kyoto congress, and ancillary meetings with criminal justice and crime prevention experts, will focus on greater international cooperation efforts between nations to address long-standing cross-border crimes ranging from cybercrime to human trafficking. Technical assistance between countries to address all forms of crime will also be discussed.