New Delhi was the venue for the 11th meeting of the BIMSTEC Joint Working Group on Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (JWG-CTTC), hosted by India. Talks centred on joint action against cross-border crimes such as terrorism, money laundering, drug trafficking and human trafficking. BIMSTEC, the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation, came into being in 1997 and bridges South Asia and Southeast Asia. Its seven members are Thailand, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Myanmar, India, Bhutan and Bangladesh. The grouping fosters cooperation in fields such as public health, environment, technology, connectivity, trade and security.