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of Gothenburg was founded in 1842 and WAD events. The atmosphere in the big Gimborn (www.ibz-gimborn.de). At IBZ
is one of Europe’s best preserved 19th room was very equal to what I experience Gimborn WAD members are additionally
century parks. During summer the rose at IPA gathering. Positivity, curiosity and welcome as participants in the seminars.
garden is filled with several thousand friendship!
colourful fragrant roses. In the Palm House, I would like to cite Dan Rusu from the IPA
the elegant glass house constructed in IPA is honoured to collaborate with the Newsletter, June 2021:
1878, you’ll find palms and other tropical WAD who can look back on a history “The IPA and WAD have much in common,
plants. Drifts of foliage and extensive of nearly a hundred years. In 2020 the while there are of course some differences.
borders take you back to the golden age IPA celebrated 70 years as association Private investigation and security services
of horticulture. In the fragrance of roses we however as for many others the party will never be, and never intend to
identified the possibilities of collaboration had to be cancelled due to the pandemic. supplement, law enforcement services.
and drafted for the future MoU. The signing was the first step for our joint There is no competition, and we clearly
journey and also opened the possibility understand the priority of police work in
The second meeting was in the famous for our members to contribute over the law enforcement.
café Vete-Katten, founded in 1928 borders of the association.
by a particularly forthright lady, Ester WAD members mostly work in general
Nordhammar. In those days – women had The MoU offers security, defending civil rights such as
only had the vote for a couple of years – The Memorandum of Understanding trademark and patents rights, civil claims
very few companies were run by women, between the IPA and WAD encourages support and other areas where law
and even fewer patisseries. Ester was WAD members to contact their national IPA enforcement has no tasks at all, or just
asked what her bakery would be called section and IPA members, and find ways comes into the game in a later stage, when
and answered: “Ja, det vete katten”, which to collaborate on all levels, from cultural, the infringements of law became obvious.
in Swedish can mean both “the cat knows” sports and training to friendly chats, while
and “the wheat cat”. The cat knew that from the active law enforcement side. However, nowadays the challenges we
IPA and WAD would bind and over a cup all are facing are the same. Offenders are
of coffee with additional (fika in Swedish) Another purposes stated in the MoU of our using international networks, and modern
Dan Rusu and I held our meeting and the associations, is to establish a partnership techniques are instantly picked up by
MoU got its final text. We could set the between the World Association of criminals. Our case load is dramatically
date for signing. Detectives and the International Police increasing, and we sometimes feel we
Association’s Professional Commission in are fighting like Don Quijote against the
Signing the MoU the field of sharing professional knowledge windmills.”
The World Association of Detectives held and training. This is sole national
their Annual Congress in Stockholm 2019. agreement between an IPA section and IPA members are invited to join WAD
To mark the event the MoU was signed and the WAD. when they have retired and enter another FEATURE - PARTNERSHIP
officially recognised by both parts. Later global family of investigators. Equally IPA
during the Annual Congress Dan Rusu was Additional options that are included in the welcome WAD members, who are retired
elected President of the WAD. Little we MoU are the possibility to forward interest from a Law Enforcement Agency, to join IPA
knew at the day what the future held. as speaker/lecturer at IPA events and at and additional receive the benefits of the
the IBZ Gimborn. WAD members caring IPA membership worldwide.
I was pleased to be present in Stockholm special knowledge or academic education
and had the pleasure to meet many of and would like to share their experience I am looking forward to the continued
the WADs members. The informal talks or research are welcome to contact collaboration between IPA and WAD,
brought me new friends and I hope to be national sections (www.ipa-international. national and international as between
able to participate in one of the future org for national contact details) or the IBZ members.

May-Britt V. R. Ronnebro,
Secretary General of the
International Executive
Board of IPA

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