Counter-Terrorism Technical Assistance Programmes

 

International Criminal Police Organization
Technical Assistance Programme Description

INTERPOL is the world's only global law enforcement organization, linking together essentially all of the world's police agencies throughout its 186 member countries. Police use INTERPOL's secure global police communications system (called I-24/7) to share information, to access INTERPOL databases, and to coordinate their work. In addition, INTERPOL provides police with operational support services and training.

INTERPOL has its General Secretariat in Lyon, France, and regional offices in Cote d'Ivoire, Kenya, Zimbabwe, Argentina, El Salvador, and Thailand, and an additional one to be opened in Cameroon in 2008.

Each INTERPOL member country maintains a National Central Bureau (called an NCB) staffed by national law enforcement officers. Each NCB is the designated contact point between the country's law enforcement agencies and the INTERPOL General Secretariat, the INTERPOL Sub Regional Bureaus, and other member countries requiring assistance with cross-border police work, such as international investigations, locating and apprehending international fugitives, and other international law enforcement matters and inquiries.

INTERPOL's Mission

The mandate and the primary task of INTERPOL is to support police and law enforcement agencies in its member countries in their efforts to prevent crime and conduct criminal investigations as efficiently and effectively as possible. Specifically, INTERPOL facilitates cross border police cooperation and, as appropriate, supports governmental and intergovernmental organizations, authorities and services whose mission is to prevent or combat crime.

INTERPOL serves this mission by providing a forum through which police can communicate and share information, intelligence, and analysis, by providing database tools, by providing training that helps police build their crime fighting capacities, and by helping police coordinate their activities worldwide.

INTERPOL's Services

1. Global police communications services - INTERPOL provides the world's police agencies with the INTERPOL secure global communications system (I-24/7), enabling them to communicate, securely and in real time, vital police information on terrorists and other dangerous international criminals.

  • INTERPOL I-24/7 Secure Global Police Communication System: System is connected to the NCBs in all 186 member countries, and many countries are extending it beyond their NCBs to all their law enforcement agencies
    www.interpol.int/Public/Public/NCB/i247/default.asp

2. International Notices System - INTERPOL provides the world's police agencies with the INTERPOL international notices system, which allows countries to ask INTERPOL to create notices and circulate them to all police agencies around the planet.

  • Red Notice: To seek the arrest of wanted persons for extradition
    www.interpol.int/Public/Notices/default.asp

  • Blue Notice: To seek information about a person's location, identity, or illegal activities in relation to terrorism or other criminal investigation
    www.interpol.int/Public/Notices/default.asp

  • Green Notice: To alert law enforcement about persons who have committed terrorism or other crimes and are likely to repeat those offenses internationally
    www.interpol.int/Public/Notices/default.asp

  • Orange Notice: To warn law enforcement, public entities and other international organizations of threats from hidden weapons, parcel bombs and other dangerous material
    www.interpol.int/Public/Notices/default.asp

  • INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice: To alert law enforcement worldwide that an individual or entity is subject to sanctions (asset freeze, travel ban, arms embargo) of the "Security Council Committee established pursuant to Resolution 1267 (1999) concerning Al Qaeda and the Taliban and Associated Individuals and Entities"
    www.interpol.int/Public/NoticesUN/default.asp
3. Global police databases - INTERPOL enables police to check databases containing Fingerprints, DNA Profiles, Stolen and Lost Travel Documents, Stolen Motor Vehicles, Stolen Works of Art, and other information relating to suspected terrorists and other international criminals. INTERPOL also provides systems (called MIND & FIND) that allow domestic authorities to access INTERPOL's Stolen and Lost Travel Documents Database and other INTERPOL databases at airports, other border entry points, and other field locations.
  • INTERPOL MIND & FIND Systems: Systems that provide domestic authorities with instant access to INTERPOL's Stolen & Lost Travel Document Database (SLTD) and other INTERPOL databases at airports, other border entry points, and other field locations.
    www.interpol.int/Public/FindAndMind/default.asp

4. Global operational police support services - INTERPOL provides police with access to various operational support services, such as access to INTERPOL's Command and Coordination Centre (CCC), which operates around the clock in all of INTERPOL's four official languages (English, French, Spanish, and Arabic), Incident Response Teams (IRTs), which can be dispatched to the scene within hours of a terrorist attack or other major crime, INTERPOL Major Event Support Teams (IMESTs), which are available to help secure major international events, etc.

5. Global police training - INTERPOL provides training sessions and training materials in specialized crime areas, such as counterterrorism, to help law enforcement agencies enhance their capacities to prevent & investigate terrorism and other crime.
Technical Assistance Methodology Technical assistance is provided through INTERPOL's General Secretariat, its regional offices, and its National Central Bureaus. INTERPOL can be contacted for assistance at any of these offices or at its United Nations liaison office located in New York.
Technical Assistance Eligibility Technical assistance is available to law enforcement authorities in member countries. In addition, technical partnerships have been established with appropriate multinational, regional, and international organizations, as well as private sector entities.
Organization's Member States Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Angola, Antigua & Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Comoros, Congo (Rep. of the), Congo (Democratic Rep. of the), Costa Rica, Côte d'Ivoire, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland, France, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Korea (Rep. of), Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Moldova, Monaco, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nauru, Nepal, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Rwanda, St Kitts & Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent & the Grenadines, San Marino, Sao Tome & Principe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Somalia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad & Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe

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