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27 January 2012

INTERPOL is the world’s largest international police organization, with 190 member countries.

Our role is to enable police around the world to work together to make the world a safer place. Our high-tech infrastructure of technical and operational support helps meet the growing challenges of fighting crime in the 21st century.Supporting police worldwideWe work to ensure that police around the world have access to the tools and services necessary t...

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23 January 2012

Theft of Picasso and other paintings from National Art Gallery in Athens

In the early hours of Monday 9 January, three paintings including a Picasso were stolen from the National Art Gallery in Athens, Greece.Description of paintings “Woman’s Head”, by Pablo Picasso, oil on canvas,51.5 x 38.2 cm,  inscription on the back “Pour le Peuple Grec, hommage de Picasso, Paris mai 1946”, dated 14.10.39 (photograph 1) “The Windm...

16 January 2012

Italy’s head of criminal police visits INTERPOL ahead of Rome General Assembly

LYON, France – Italy’s Director General of Criminal Police and Deputy Director General of Public Security, Prefect Francesco Cirillo, today met with INTERPOL Secretary General Ronald K. Noble at INTERPOL’s General Secretariat headquarters to discuss security measures aimed at enhancing international cooperation against cross-border crime.With Rome hosting...

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31 October 2011 - 03 November 2011 | Hanoi, Vietnam

80th INTERPOL General Assembly

The General Assembly is composed of delegates appointed by the governments of member countries. As INTERPOL's supreme governing body, it meets once a year and takes all the major decisions affecting general policy, the resources needed for international cooperation, working methods, finances and programmes of activities. It also elects the Organization's...

Key initiatives

INTERPOL Global Complex for Innovation

This cutting-edge facility, due to open in Singapore in 2014, will equip the world’s police with the tools and knowledge necessary to better tackle the crime threats of the 21st century.

INTERPOL Travel Documents

Authorized personnel on official INTERPOL business will be able to bypass lengthy visa requirements, speeding up the Organization's response to urgent requests for assistance.

Cybercrime listening process

We are running a consultation process with law enforcement, industry and academia in order to find innovative ways to deal with the complex issues surrounding cybercrime and digital security.

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