91st Interpol General Assembly

91st Interpol General Assembly

News: Recently, the Indian delegation, led by the CBI and NIA, urged member countries to deny safe havens to crime, criminals, and the proceeds of crime at the 91st Interpol General Assembly held in Vienna, Austria. 

Context: The event marked the 100-year anniversary of the organization.

Key outcomes:
• Global Police Cooperation: The assembly brought together law enforcement leaders from Interpol’s 196 member countries. They discussed ways to leverage technology and new cooperation mechanisms.
• Addressing Global Threats: The assembly addressed critical global crime threats, including transnational organized crime, environmental crime, and preventing the circulation of child sexual abuse material.
• Real time prevention: Advocacy for real-time prevention strategies to address and mitigate the impact of crimes discussed during the assembly.
• India’s Participation: The Indian delegation held discussions with law enforcement agencies from multiple countries for enhanced coordination via Interpol channels to combat organized crime, terrorism, drug trafficking, money laundering, online radicalization, cyber-enabled financial crime.
• The assembly supported the adoption of Interpol’s Vision 2030, indicating a forward-looking approach toward addressing evolving challenges in global security.

About Interpol:
• The International Criminal Police Organization, commonly known as Interpol, is an international organization that facilitates worldwide police cooperation and crime control. It is the world’s largest international police organization.
• Interpol was founded on 7 September 1923 and is headquartered in Lyon, France. It has seven regional bureaus worldwide, and a National Central Bureau in all 196 member states.
• 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.