INTERPOL HAS LAUNCHED A NEW GLOBAL DATABASE

INTERPOL HAS LAUNCHED A NEW GLOBAL DATABASE

Subject: International Relations

Context: The Interpol has launched a new global database named ‘I-Familia’. It will identify missing persons or unidentified human remains around the world through DNA of relatives.

Concept:

• The International Police Organization is commonly known as Interpol.
• It is an international organization facilitating international police cooperation against cross-border terrorism, trafficking, and other crime.
• INTERPOL has 194 member countries, making us the world’s largest police organization. State of Palestine is its member.
• All decisions regarding the activities of INTERPOL are made by the General Assembly which is it’s supreme governing body which meets annually.
• It is not a unit or part of united nation system. It is an independent international organization.
• HQ: Lyon in France.
• It was founded in 1923.
• Each country hosts an INTERPOL National Central Bureau (NCB), which links national police with our global network. in India, CBI is the NCB.
• Interpol notices: These are international alert/requests circulated by Interpol allowing police in member countries to share critical crime-related information. There are eight types of notices, seven of which are colour-coded by their function. An eighth Special Notice is issued at the request of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC).