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Thursday 19 Nov 2015 - 11:44 Makkah mean time-7-2-1437
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Madrid (IINA) – Interpol has identified only 5,800 foreign fighters of the roughly 25,000 believed to have joined militant groups in conflict zones like Syria and Iraq, the head of the global police body said on Wednesday.
Juergen Stock was speaking at an anti-terrorism conference in Seville, in southern Spain.
"The organization currently holds records of some 5,800 suspected foreign terrorist fighters contributed by more than 50 countries," he said.
"But with some estimates putting the number of foreign terrorist fighters at more than 25,000 clearly a significant gap still exists between the number of foreign terrorist fighters we have identified and those estimated to have reached conflict zones," Stock added.
The Interpol chief called for more information sharing between nations and improved access to the data they have for organizations like Interpol.
Law enforcement and counter terrorism officials from around the world have gathered in Seville for a three-day conference to address ways to fight Islamic State and other extremist groups.
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