(VOVworld) - Police, politicians and intelligence officials from more than 50 countries pledged Monday in The Hague to intensify the fight against violent extremism by cooperating more closely in tracking foreign fighters, their finances and communications. Dutch Foreign Minister Bert Koenders said after the meeting at the headquarters of European Union police organization Europol that all stressed the need for better, smarter, and faster information sharing. Among a raft of measures agreed by the delegates were moves to disrupt travel routes used by foreign fighters, in part by updating on a daily basis databases at Interpol and other national and international agencies tracking such extremists and fraudulent documents they use. Koenders said that building trust between countries and agencies not always accustomed to swiftly sharing intelligence was a key result of the behind-closed-doors meeting.