Slovenia’s police marked the United Nations International Day of Police Cooperation on 7 September, pointing to how cross-border coordination can help protect communities, support victims and improve public safety. In its statement, the police said modern crime crosses national borders and described international cooperation as a way to respond to threats that include online fraud, criminal networks moving people and illicit goods, and fugitives trying to avoid arrest by travelling between countries. The police said international cooperation can produce practical outcomes such as identifying and locating victims, reuniting missing persons with their families, tracking fugitives, disrupting organised crime networks, recovering stolen property and combating cyber-enabled crime. It also highlighted the role of alerts issued through the Schengen Information System (SIS), described as a key European information-sharing tool for security and border management. The police said that in 2025, based on alerts from other countries, Slovenia located 85 adults and 695 minors, and seized 174 stolen or unlawfully appropriated vehicles. It added that alerts issued by Slovenia led to locating 25 adults and 139 minors abroad, and recovering 90 stolen or unlawfully appropriated vehicles. The statement gave examples involving INTERPOL and joint European work. It said that in 2026, several cases involving wanted persons were resolved through cooperation between the Slovenian police and INTERPOL National Central Bureaus (NCBs) in other countries, including Tanzania, the United Arab Emirates and Serbia, leading to arrests of Slovenian nationals who had been on the run. The police also referred to participation in joint activities under EMPACT (the European Multidisciplinary Platform Against Criminal Threats). As part of joint action days known as Jad Mobile, held in 2025, it said vehicles, vehicle parts and marine equipment were seized across participating countries. It also reported detections and arrests related to irregular entry and migrant smuggling, seizures of counterfeit identity and vehicle documents, confiscations of illicit drugs, cigarettes, tobacco and firearms, and actions against people who crossed borders illegally. Separately, the police described Operation Liberterra, coordinated by INTERPOL in late 2025, as an initiative targeting human trafficking and migrant smuggling. It said the operation involved thousands of officers across 119 participating countries and produced arrests, identifications of potential trafficking victims, and the opening of new investigations, while Slovenian officers reported intercepting people crossing internal borders illegally, apprehending smugglers and identifying potential trafficking victims. The Slovenian police said these examples show that targeted international activities can lead to wider detection of criminal offences and illicit goods through information exchange and direct contacts between authorities.