Bangladesh

Bangladesh Police

Vision:

To provide services to all citizens and make Bangladesh a better and safer place to live and work

Mission:

• To uphold the rule of law;
• To ensure the safety and security of citizens;
• To prevent and detect crime;
• To bring offenders to justice;
• To maintain peace and public order.

With a force of more than 135,000 men and women, the Bangladesh Police is the country’s national police organization.  Specialized units include:

• Criminal Investigation Department;
• Special Branch;
• Armed Police Battalion;
• Rapid Action Battalion;
• Industrial Police;
• Highway Police;
• Railway Police.

National training institutions include:

• Police Staff College;
• Bangladesh Police Academy;
• Police Training Centers;
• Special Branch Training School;
• Detective Training School;
• Traffic Driving School;
• Police Special Training Schools,
• Traffic Training Schools.

INTERPOL Dhaka

The INTERPOL National Central Bureau (NCB) for Bangladesh is located at the Police Headquarters in Dhaka.

Staff:

• One Head of NCB;
• One National Security Officer;
• One INTERPOL Contact Officer;
• Nine other staff.

Objectives:

• Facilitate cross-border police cooperation;
• Support and assist all organizations, authorities, agencies and services whose mission it is to prevent or fight crime both at national and international level;
• Help the INTERPOL community by sharing Bangladesh Police information on crime and criminals;
• Enable domestic law enforcement agencies to access INTERPOL's databases;
• Provide operational police support services;
• Provide training to domestic law enforcement agencies.

Priority crime areas:

The prevention of transnational organized crime is the NCB’s principal priority, in particular in the fields of:

• Drugs;
• Financial and high-tech crime;
• International fugitives;
• Public safety and terrorism;
• Trafficking in human beings;
• Corruption.

INTERPOL Dhaka has arranged for the following national law enforcement units to have direct access to INTERPOL's databases of wanted criminals, stolen passports and stolen vehicles:

• Special Branch Headquarters;
• Immigrations Services at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport, Dhaka;
• Immigrations Services at Shah Amanat International Airport, Chittagong;
• Immigrations Services at Benapole Land Port, Jessore.