INTERPOL – A worldwide organization
The International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL) It is the world’s largest international police organization, with 190 member countries.
General Secretariat in Lyon, France, with six regional bureaus, one Special Representative of INTERPOL to the United Nations (New York) and one to the European Union (Brussels).
Four official languages : Arabic, English, French, and Spanish. A National Central Bureau (N.C.B.) in each member country.
1914 – First International Criminal Police Congress held in Monaco; 23 countries in attendance
1923 – Creation of International Police Commission, Vienna
1946 – The organization was rebuilt after WWII and based in Paris; The notice system was created and first Red Notices issued.
1956 – Renamed International Criminal Police Organization - INTERPOL
2004 – Representative office opened at the UN in New York
2008 – Representative office opened at the European Union in Brussels
2011 – Opening of CCC in Buenos Aires.
2014 – IGC Singapore and 100 Years Anniversary November ’14, Monaco
A century of history
INTERPOLs governance
President
Mireille BALLESTRAZZI
Secretary General
Ronald K. NOBLE
General Assembly
INTERPOL
Executive Committee
National Central Bureaus General Secretariat
Advisers
Commission of the Control of INTERPOL’s Files
RB
SAN SALVADOR
RB
ABIDJAN
IPSG
LYON
RB
BUENOS AIRES
LO
BANGKOK
RB
HARARE
RB
YAOUNDE
RB
NAIROBI
EU
OFFICE
UN
OFFICE
A WORLDWIDE PRESENCE
CRIMINAL AREAS
Corruption
Maritime piracy Pharmaceutical crime Organized crime Terrorism
Trafficking in human beings
Trafficking in illicit goods & counterfeiting Vehicle crime Works of art
Fugitive investigations Firearms Financial crime
Drugs Cyber crime Crimes against children
Environmental crime