 Funded by the European Union, Project SHARAKA brings Interpol's policing tools and expertise to frontline officers in Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Palestine, and Tunisia. The objective is to help these countries intercept and detect terrorist individuals and groups through technology, capacity building, and police operations. Project SHARAKA connects frontline agencies to I-247, Interpol's secure global police communications network at airports, seaports, and national borders, enabling them to share intelligence and access our range of global criminal databases in real time. For example, with terrorists relying on stolen travel documents to cross borders undetected, it is vital that border officials have direct access to Interpol's database of stolen and lost travel documents. SHARAKA also ensures the eight target countries have the counterterrorism expertise, equipment and skills they need, including the use of Interpol's criminal databases during regional investigations and operations. On-the-ground investigations are backed up by strategic intelligence, developed collectively by participating countries. In this way, countries can identify the working patterns of terrorist criminal networks, detect emerging threats, and send early warnings across the region.