INTERPOL
International Policing Criminal Justice Monitoring Organization
Stanislav Lisov – Russian programmer arrested in Barcelona over cyber attack on the US
Pieter Ceulen –
ITERPOL original name: International Criminal Police Organization (ICPO)
Brining peace to the world.
Interpol is an international organization that facilitates worldwide police cooperation and crime control.
At the moment, it is the world;s largest police organization.
OBJECTIVE:
INTERPOL provides investigative support, expertise, and training to law enforvement worldwide,
focusing on three major areas of transnational crime:
Counter-terrorism
Organized and emerging crime
Cyber crime
FUNCTIONING PROCESS:
Interpol differs from most law enforcement agencies, agents don’t really make arrests themselves, and
there’s no interpol jail where criminals are taken.
The agency functions as an administrative liaison between the law enforcement agencies of the member
countries, providing communiactaion and database assistance.
This is vital when fighting international crime because language, culture and bureaucratic differences
can make it difficult for officers of different nations to work together.
They maintain collection of finger prints and mug shots, lists of wanted persoans, DNA samples and
travel documentary. There previously lost data along had 12 milluin records
They also analyze this data and
A secure world-wide communication and network allows iNTERPOL agents and member countries to
contact each other at any time. Known as I-24/7 the network offers constant access to Interpol
database.
Member countries can also access each other’s criminal database via the I-24/7 system.
In the event of an international disaster, terrorist attacks or assassination, INTERPOL can send an
incident response team whicgh can offer range of expertise and database access to assist with victim
identification, suspect identification.
At the request of local authorities, they can act as a central command and logistics operations to
coordinate other law enforcement agencies involved in a case.
HOW DOES IT WORK?
Interpol headquarters called General Secretariat is located in Lyons, France.
Member countries in General Assembly mmet once every year
IS INTERPOL ALL PERFECT?
Pytor Silaev case: An environmental specialist in Finland, arrested in Spain because Russia made him a
wanted man
EUROPOL
European Union Agency for Law Enforcemnet Cooperation is the law enforcement agency of the
European Union (EU) formed in 1998 to handle criminal to handle ciminial intelligence and combat
serious international organized crinme and terrorism through cooperation b/w competent authorities of
EU members
FOCUS OF EUROPOL
1. Terrorism
2. International drug trafficking and money laundering
3. Organized fraud
4. Counterfeiting of euros
5. Human trafficking
Trans-national crime
Does not hold any traditional police operational powers
Due to the absence of operation and executive powers, it might appear that Europe act as a mere
support service for national law enforcement agencies.
Europosl has the potential for exerting a significant influence on both the development of domestic
criminal justice policies and the way in which police operations are undertaken in the country
Europol can be said as Intelligence agency
Major success:
1. Uncovering of the extensive criminal network involved in football match fixing
2. Dismantling Romanian organized criminal group involved in human trafficking
UNAFEI – United Nations Asia and Far East Institute
For the prevention of Crime and the treatment of Offenders (UNAFEI) was established in 1962 with the
aim of promoting the sound development of criminal justice system and mutual cooperation mainly in
the Asia and Pacific region
UNAFEI Activities:
UNAFEI Activities focus on training courses and seminars for personnel in crime prevention and criminal
justice administration, and the research and study of crime prevention and treatment of offenders.
It also conducts special seminars outside of Japan jointly with the government of participating members,
to promote effective measures for the fight against crime.
The international senior seminar tackles current criminal justice system issues.
Cooperates with other groups of UN.
Federal Investigation Agency – FIA
Not an autonomous body, under Ministry of Interior
Mission: To achieve excellence in FIA by promoting culture of merit,provide continuous professional
training, ensuring effective internal accountability, encouraging use of technology and having a
meaningful feedback mechanism.
Objective: To protect the nation’s interest and defend Pakistan to uphold and enforce criminal law, and
law enforcement in the country.
FIA Is a border control, criminal investigation, counter-intelligence and security agency tasked with
investigative jurisdiction on undertaking operations against terrorism, espionage, federal crimes,
smuggling as well as infringement and other specific crimes.
