# BRICS agrees in principle to build network tracking fugitive offenders 2026-08-05T23:15:56+00:00 | India | Indian Opinion Desk Siasat reported that BRICS countries reached an in-principle agreement on 5 August on India's proposal for a network of law-enforcement practitioners to cooperate on fugitive offenders wanted for corruption, discussed at the second BRICS Anti-Corruption Working Group meeting in Hyderabad, hosted by India's Department of Personnel and Training. An official release quoted by Siasat said members held constructive discussions on the objectives, scope and operational modalities of the proposed network and decided to continue deliberations on establishing a dedicated practitioner-level platform, meant to support informal cooperation and complement existing extradition arrangements. Delegates also welcomed a repository meant to gather national practices and informal-cooperation channels for tracing fugitive offenders. Separately, a BRICS Expert Network on Asset Recovery meeting agreed standardised formats for early information exchange during preliminary investigations and welcomed a directory of focal points and experts. The same gathering held sessions on ethical governance, artificial intelligence, big-data tools, fintech and virtual digital assets. ## Indian Opinion Analysis The Hyderabad meeting produced an in-principle agreement, not a working system: members agreed only to keep talking about a dedicated practitioner-level platform, the linked asset-recovery working group settled on shared formats for early-stage information exchange, and delegates welcomed two reference resources, a repository and a directory of contacts, rather than any binding legal instrument. Sessions on ethical governance, artificial intelligence and fintech ran alongside the fugitive-tracking talks but were separate discussion tracks, not commitments folded into that proposal. The official release describes the outcomes as a foundation for a future presidency to build into an operational platform, so the test now is whether the next BRICS presidency turns this in-principle understanding into that working, cross-border system. ## Coverage - www.siasat.com Tags: BRICS Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/brics-backs-indias-proposal-on-fugitive-offender-network/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/brics-backs-indias-proposal-on-fugitive-offender-network/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes.