21 February 2012

Combating terrorism and maritime piracy across Horn of Africa focus of INTERPOL training

DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania – Enhanced use of INTERPOL’s tools and services to boost member countries’ ability to combat terrorism and maritime piracy across the Horn of Africa and beyond is the focus of an INTERPOL capacity building programme which has opened in Tanzania.The two-week session (20 Feb – 2 Mar) organized by INTERPOL’s Capacity Building and Trai...

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20 February 2012

Visit by French Minister of Justice underlines strong ties between INTERPOL and France

LYON, France – France’s Minister of Justice, Michel Mercier, today met with INTERPOL Secretary General Ronald K. Noble at the world police body’s General Secretariat headquarters, underlining the close relationship between INTERPOL and France which has hosted the organization since 1946.The Minister discussed a range of law enforcement issues affecting na...

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13 February 2012

Customs and Police target drug couriers in operations at airports across Africa and Brazil

DAKAR, Senegal – An operation to disrupt the trafficking of drugs from South America to Europe via Africa has resulted in the seizure of more than 500 kilogrammes of drugs and the recovery of cash totalling two and half million euros in 25 airports across Western and Central Africa and Brazil.Operation Cocair 3, led by the World Customs Organization (WCO)...

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14 February 2012

World’s remaining wild tiger range countries agree on police and customs enforcement measures for nearly-extinct species

BANGKOK, Thailand – Police and customs heads from 13 Asian countries agreed today to tighten controls and improve cross-border cooperation to curb the illegal smuggling of tigers and other critically endangered species. The accord came at the conclusion of the two-day international “Heads of Police and Customs Seminar on Tiger Crime”, which brought togeth...

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Combating terrorism and maritime piracy across Horn of Africa focus of INTERPOL training

French Minister of Justice visits INTERPOL

Customs and Police target drug couriers in operations at airports across Africa and Brazil

World’s remaining wild tiger range countries agree on police and customs enforcement measures

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21 February 2012

News Human trafficker and prostitution ringleader subject of INTERPOL Red Notice sentenced to 30 years

Romanian national Ioan Clamparu, one of the targets of INTERPOL’s Operation Infra-Red, wanted for a range of offences including human trafficking and pr...
17 February 2012

News Theft of three paintings by Brueghel from private home in Belgium

As part of an aggravated theft on 26 January 2012, unknown offenders stole from a private residence in La Hulpe, Belgium three master paintings by Flemish artist Jan Brueghel the Elder, also known as Velvet Brueghel.The paintings depict landscapes with figures.Anyone with information about the theft and the whereabouts of the stolen paintings is asked to...
13 February 2012

News INTERPOL not involved in arrest or deportation of Saudi blogger

INTERPOL confirms that it has NOT been involved in the case involving Saudi journalist Hamza Kashgari arrested in Malaysia and deported to Saudi Arabia. No INTERPOL channels, neither its National Central Bureaus in Kuala Lumpur and Riyadh nor its General Secretariat headquarters in Lyon, France were involved at any time in this case.Since INTERPOL has not...
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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...
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INTERPOL Global Complex for Innovation

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 Document Initiative

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"

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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