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The International Criminal Police Organization – INTERPOL (abbreviated as ICPO–INTERPOL), commonly known as Interpol [3] (UK: / ˈ ɪ n t ər p ɒ l / IN-tər-pol, US: /-p oʊ l /-pohl; [4] stylized in allcaps), is an international organization that facilitates worldwide police cooperation and crime control. It is the world's largest ...
Government and Interpol officials claim people are overreacting and are against Interpol receiving privileges, immunities, and exemptions because they do not know how Interpol functions. For example, Interpol does not make arrests (a common misconception) and it does not have a police force.
The Soviet Union was admitted to Interpol on September 27, 1990 at a session of the General Assembly in Ottawa. In 1991, the National Central Bureau of Interpol was created on the basis of management in the structure of the central apparatus of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the USSR, a body that directly interacts with law enforcement and other state bodies of the USSR with the police of ...
Interpol: To become a member of Interpol, a country would need the votes of 2/3 of Interpol's 195 members. [419] Kosovo has tried to join Interpol on three different occasions, most recently in November 2018, when it received positive votes from 68 countries, falling short of the two-thirds majority needed. [420]
Stephen James Kavanagh QPM DL (/ ˈ s t iː v ən / STEE-vən / ˈ k æ v ə n ɑː / KAV-ə-nah) is a British police officer and was the United Kingdom candidate for the 2024 election of the Secretary-General of INTERPOL. [1] He currently serves as the Executive Director for Police Services at INTERPOL, the second-highest ranking
BRASILIA (Reuters) -Interpol should elect a new head from a developing nation to diversify the organisation and boost its credibility as crime becomes increasingly globalised, Brazil's candidate ...
Interpol, the international police network that counts 194 members, controls a number of databases that collect information that is shared among forces to take action against terrorists and ...
An Interpol notice is an international alert circulated by Interpol to communicate information about crimes, criminals, and threats by police in a member state (or an authorised international entity) to their counterparts around the world.