 As we recently witnessed with the WannaCry and Petya ransomware attacks, cyber and financial crimes cut across today's entire global threat landscape. This is why Interpol is bringing together senior officials from the public and private sectors for a high-level dialogue. To identify ways on how we can better cooperate and coordinate our activities to protect the public from these and other crimes. This important meeting is another piece in the global security architecture being developed by Interpol to connect police for a safer world.