Interpol not playing any role in curbing state-sponsored terrorism, says Secretary-General

  • October 18, 2022
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Interpol not playing any role in curbing state-sponsored terrorism, says Secretary-General

Subject: International Organisation

Context: Interpol Secretary-General Jürgen Stock on October 17 said the international criminal police organisation was not playing any role in curbing state-sponsored terrorism and that it focussed primarily on ordinary law crimes.

Concept:

  • The 90th General Assembly of Interpol will be held from October 18 to 21
  • The Interpol General Assembly meeting is taking place in India after 25 years.
  • The event will provide India the chance to showcase its best practices in law and order to the entire world.

About INTERPOL

  • Its full name is the International Criminal Police Organisation (INTERPOL) and is an inter governmental organization.
  • It was founded in 1923 as the International Criminal Police Commission (ICPC).
  • In 1956, the ICPC adopted new constitution and the name INTERPOL.
  • It has 195 member countries and it helps police in all of them to work together to make the world a safer place.
  • It is headquartered in Lyon, France.
  • It published Global Crime Trend Report
  • It doesn’t deal with state sponsored terrorism.
  • In each country, an INTERPOL National Central Bureau (NCB) provides the central point of contact for the General Secretariat and other NCBs.
  • An NCB is run by national police officials and usually sits in the government ministry responsible for policing.
  • India is a member of INTERPOL since 1956.
  • The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is designated as the National Central Bureau of India.

Structure of INTERPOL

  • The head of Interpol is the President who is elected by the General Assembly. He comes from one of the member-nations and holds office for four years.
  • The day-to-day activities are overseen by a full-time Secretary General elected by the General Assembly, who holds office for five years.
  • The General Assembly lays down the policy for execution by its Secretariat which has several specialised directorates for cybercrime, terrorism, drug trafficking, financial crime, environmental crime, human trafficking, etc.
  • Every member-country is the Interpol’s face in that country.

Interpol Notices

  • Its notices are international requests for cooperation or alerts allowing police in member countries to share critical crime-related information.
  • Notices are issued by the General Secretariat at the request of a member country’s INTERPOL National Central Bureau.
  • They are made available for all our member countries to consult in our Notices database.
  • Notices can also be used by the United Nations, International Criminal Tribunals and the International Criminal Court to seek persons wanted for committing crimes within their jurisdiction, notably genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity.

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