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Interpol: The International Police Organization's Role in Fighting Crime Across Borders
TLDR Interpol is an autonomous international police organization that assists in investigations and tracks criminals globally. Despite a controversial history, Interpol has been successful in identifying and capturing criminals, coordinating between countries, and assisting in high-profile investigations.
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Interpol, the international police organization, cracked a child pedophile ring in 2011, rescuing 230 kids and arresting 184 suspects in 30 countries.
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Interpol is an international police organization that is fully autonomous and not affiliated with any single country, and they assist with investigations into terrorism, sexual abuse, organized crime, international fugitives, computer crime, stolen art, money laundering, human trafficking, illegal drugs, smuggling, environmental crime, and anything that crosses international borders.
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Interpol's extensive databases allow them to track criminals globally, including fingerprints, mugshots, DNA, and lost/stolen travel documents, and they also provide assistance in international disasters and serve as a central command for local authorities.
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Interpol is structured with a general assembly and an executive committee, and the secretary general is elected, with the current secretary general being Ronald K. Noble, the first American to hold the position.
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Interpol disseminates information through color-coded notices, including orange for imminent threats, black for unidentified bodies, yellow for missing persons, green for general information and warnings about major criminals, blue for individuals of interest related to a crime, red for wanted individuals, and purple for international criminal trends.
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Interpol has a controversial history, including a period during World War II when they were under Nazi rule and two Nazi war criminals served as presidents, leading to accusations of collusion and lack of oversight.
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Interpol has shed its Nazi past and has been working to clean up its image, with Obama signing an executive order in 2009 granting the organization immunity from certain laws and regulations in the United States.
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Interpol has had several successes in identifying and capturing criminals, such as a Serbian war criminal, coordinating between multiple countries, and assisting in the investigation of the Madrid train bombings.
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