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Events

05 November 2012 - 08 November 2012 | Rome, Italy

81st 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...

08 May 2012 - 10 May 2012 | Tel Aviv, Israel

41st European Regional Conference

The European Regional Conference is a meeting where policy and strategy matters concerning improvement of police co-operation between the European member states and the crime situation are discussed on the basis of preparatory work carried out by the Interpol European Committee, the Sub-Directorate for Europe, officials in the General Secretariat, special...

25 April 2012 - 27 April 2012 | Lyon, France

7th International Symposium on Fingerprints

The 7th INTERPOL Fingerprint Symposium brings together law enforcement and identification experts from around the world to share information and the latest updates relating to biometric data. More than 50 countries will be represented at the three-day event (25 – 27 April) in Lyon, France, and the theme for the event is: ‘Fingerprints and Interoperability...

27 March 2012 - 29 March 2012 | Lyon, France

International Chiefs of Environmental Compliance and Enforcement

The INTERPOL General Secretariat and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) are pleased to welcome the International Chiefs of Environmental Compliance and Enforcement in Lyon, France on March 27-29, 2012.Given the clear need to create a strong forum for Chiefs of Environmental Enforcement, worldwide decision-makers are coming for the first time...

13 March 2012 - 15 March 2012 | Lyon, France

8th Annual Heads of NCB Conference

The Annual Heads of NCB Conference brings together the heads of INTERPOL’s National Central Bureaus from around the world to share information, exchange ideas and best practices and be updated on the latest activities and new resources of the Organization. Round table workshops allow participants to discuss policing challenges common to their region.[ Re...