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| International Criminal Police Organization Organisation internationale de police criminelle (French) | |
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| Common name | Interpol |
| Abbreviation | ICPO-INTERPOL |
| Motto | Connecting police for a safer world |
| Agency overview | |
| Formed | 7 September 1923 |
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| Employees | 1,050 (2019) |
| Annual budget | €142 million (2019) |
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| Countries | 196 member states |
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| Map of the member states of Interpol, 2023; blue: members, red: non-members | |
| Governing body | General Assembly |
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| Headquarters | Lyon, France |
| Multinational agency | |
| Nationalities of personnel | 114 (2019) |
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| National Central Bureaus | 196 |
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Languages (4)
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The International Criminal Police Organization – INTERPOL (abbreviated as ICPO–INTERPOL; French: Organisation internationale de police criminelle; OIPC), commonly known as Interpol[3] (UK: /ˈɪntərpɒl/ IN-tər-pol, US: /-poʊl/ -pohl;[4] stylised in allcaps), is an international organization that facilitates worldwide police cooperation and crime control. It is the world's largest international police organization. It is headquartered in Lyon, France, with seven regional bureaus worldwide, and a National Central Bureau in all 196 member states.[5]
The organization today known as Interpol was founded on 7 September 1923 at the close of a five-day 1923 International Police Congress in Vienna as the International Criminal Police Commission (ICPC);[6] it adopted many of its current duties throughout the 1930s. After coming under Nazi control in 1938,[7] the agency had its headquarters in the same building as the Gestapo.[8] It was effectively stagnant until the end of World War II.[7] In 1956, the ICPC adopted a new constitution and the name Interpol, derived from its telegraphic address used since 1946.[3]
Interpol provides investigative support, expertise and training to law enforcement worldwide, focusing on three major areas of transnational crime: terrorism, cybercrime and organized crime. Its broad mandate covers virtually every kind of crime, including crimes against humanity, child pornography, drug trafficking and production, political corruption, intellectual property infringement, as well as white-collar crime.[9] The agency also facilitates cooperation among national law enforcement institutions through criminal databases and communications networks. Contrary to popular belief, Interpol is itself not a law enforcement agency.
Interpol has an annual budget of €142 million ($155 million), most of which comes from annual contributions by member police forces in 181 countries. It is governed by a General Assembly composed of all member countries, which elects the executive committee and the President (currently Ahmed Naser Al-Raisi of the United Arab Emirates) to supervise and implement Interpol's policies and administration. Day-to-day operations are carried out by the General Secretariat, comprising around 1,000 personnel from over 100 countries, including both police and civilians. The Secretariat is led by the Secretary-General, currently Jürgen Stock, the former deputy head of Germany's Federal Criminal Police Office.
Pursuant to its charter, Interpol seeks to remain politically neutral in fulfilling its mandate, and is thus barred from interventions or activities that are political, military, religious, or racial in nature and from involving itself in disputes over such matters.[10] The agency operates in four languages: Arabic, English, French and Spanish.[5]
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Constitution2008was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "General Regulations of the International Criminal Police Organization" (PDF). Interpol, Office of Legal Affairs. 1956. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 February 2016. Retrieved 12 March 2016.
- ^ a b "Who we are | Name and logo". INTERPOL. Archived from the original on 26 October 2023. Retrieved 30 January 2024.
- ^ Wells, John (2007) [2000]. Longman Pronunciation Dictionary (New / Paperback (9th impression) ed.). Harlow: Pearson Longman. p. 398. ISBN 978-0-582-36467-7. Retrieved 30 January 2024 – via Internet Archive Book Reader.
- ^ a b "General Secretariat". www.interpol.int. Archived from the original on 30 March 2020. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
- ^ Mathieu Deflem, Policing World Society: Historical Foundations of International Police Cooperation (Oxford University Press, 2004) p. 125
- ^ a b "7. September 1923 – Interpol wird gegründet" [September 7, 1923 - Interpol is founded]. Westdeutscher Rundfunk (in German). 7 September 2013. Archived from the original on 7 September 2022. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
- ^ Posner, Gerald (6 March 1990). "Opinion | Interpol's Nazi Affiliations Continued After War". The New York Times. p. A-22. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on 7 September 2022. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
- ^ Sweet O.C., David (September 2010). "INTERPOL DVI best-practice standards—An overview". Forensic Science International. 201 (1–3): 18–21. doi:10.1016/j.forsciint.2010.02.031. PMID 20303223. ProQuest 1034458337.
- ^ "Neutrality (Article 3 of the Constitution)". INTERPOL. Archived from the original on 31 March 2017. Retrieved 31 March 2017.