Know About INTERPOL

The International Criminal Police Organization commonly known as Interpol is an international organization that facilitates worldwide police cooperation and crime control. Headquartered in Lyon, France, it is the world's largest international police organization,, Established in 1923.

    Present Headquarters: Lyon, France

    Previous Headquarters: Saint Cloud, a town near Paris

    Total members: 195  countries

 

 

 

Interpol does not take any political side in its work. It takes cases where the crime or the matter relates to more than one country. It looks after many types of cases. Some of them are note below:

·         Terrorism

·         Organized crime

·         Illicit drug production

·         Drug trafficking

·         Weapons smuggling

·         People smuggling

·         Money laundering

·         Financial crime

·         High-tech crime

·         Political corruption

Over the years, Interpol has developed a method of its working. Each member country keeps a special office. The name of this office in every member country is National Central Bureau (NCB). If necessary, Interpol contacts this office for getting information or for any other action. In turn, the National Central Bureau gets in touch with Interpol (on behalf of the member country) to ask for any assistance.

INTERPOL Notices are international requests for cooperation or alerts allowing police in member countries to share critical crime-related information.

Red Notice          To seek the location/arrest of a person wanted by a judicial jurisdiction or an international tribunal with a view to his/her extradition.

Green Notice     To warn about a person’s criminal activities if that person is considered to be a possible threat to public safety.

Blue Notice         To locate, identify or obtain information on a person of interest in a criminal investigation.

Yellow Notice    To locate a missing person or to identify a person unable to identify himself/herself.

Black Notice       To seek information on unidentified bodies.

Orange Notice To warn of an event, a person, an object or a process representing an imminent threat and danger to persons or property.

Purple Notice    To provide information on modus operandi, procedures, objects, devices, or hiding places used by criminals.

Interpol – UNSC Special Notice To inform Interpol’s members that an individual or an entity is subject to UN sanctions.