URDANETA CITY UNIVERSITY

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College of Criminal Justice Education

THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL

POLICE ORGANIZATION

(INTERPOL)

Comparative Models of Policing/MTW 11:00-12:00

P146
Bachelor of Science in Criminology/2nd Year/ Block 4

Submitted By:

ALUAG,SHAINA MAY L.
COSTALES, CECIL C.
ORDONIO,XYRILE JAMES V.

Submitted To:

Adeline H. Ellasos
CCJE Instructress
VISION AND MISSION OF INTERPOL

Vision

Connecting police for a safer world.

Mission

Preventing and fighting crime through enhanced cooperation and innovation on police
and security matters.

INTERPOL’S STRUCTURE

GENERAL ASSEMBLY
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

GENERAL NATIONAL GENERAL

SECRETARIAT
INTERPOL BUREAUS

ADVISERS COMMISSION
sFOR THE CONTROL OF
INTERPOL’S FILES
194 MEMBER COUNTRIES OF INTERPOL AS OF MARCH 2018

1. AFGHANISTAN 67. GERMANY 135. PAPUA NEW GUINEA

2. ALBANIA 68. GHANA 136. PARAGUAY

3. ALGERIA 69. GREECE 137. PERU

4. ANDORRA 70. GRENADA 138. PHILIPPINES

5. ANGOLA 71. GUATEMALA 139. POLAND

6. ANTIGUA & BARBUDA 72. GUINEA 140. PORTUGAL

7. ARGENTINA 73. GUINEA BISSAU 141. QATAR

8. ARMENIA 74. GUYANA 142. ROMANIA

9. ARUBA 75. HAITI 143. RUSSIA

10. AUSTRALIA 76. HONDURAS 144. RWANDA

11. AUSTRIA 77. HUNGARY 145. SAMOA

12. AZERBAIJAN 78. ICELAND 146. SAN MARINO

13. BAHAMAS 79. INDIA 147. SAO TOME & PRINCIPE

14. BAHRAIN 80. INDONESIA 148. SAUDI ARABIA

15. BANGLADESH 81. IRAN 149. SENEGAL

16. BARBADOS 82. IRAQ 150. SERBIA

17. BELARUS 83. IRELAND 151. SEYCHELLES

18. BELGIUM 84. ISRAEL 152. SIERRA LEONE

19. BELIZE 85. ITALY 153. SINGAPORE

20. BENIN 86. JAMAICA 154. SINT MAARTEN

21. BHUTAN 87. JAPAN 155. SLOVAKIA

22. BOLIVIA 88. JORDAN 156. SLOVENIA

23. BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA 89. KAZAKHSTAN 157. SOLOMON ISLANDS

24. BOTSWANA 90. KENYA 158. SOMALIA

25. BRAZIL 91. KIRIBATI 159. SOUTH AFRICA

26. BRUNEI 92. KOREA (Rep. of) 160. SOUTH SUDAN (Rep.of)

27. BULGARIA 93. KUWAIT 161. SPAIN

28. BURKINA FASO 94. KYRGYZSTAN 162. SRI LANKA

29. BURUNDI 95. LAOS 163. ST KITTS & NEVIS

30. CAMBODIA 96. LATVIA 164. ST LUCIA

31. CAMEROON 97. LEBANON 165. ST VINCENT &

GRENADINES
32. CANADA 98. LESOTHO
166. SUDAN
33. CAPE VERDE 99. LIBERIA
167. SURINAME
34. CENTRAL AFRICAN 100. LIBYA
REPUBLIC 168. SWEDEN
101. LIECHTENSTEIN
35. CHAD 169. SWITZERLAND
102. LITHUANIA
36. CHILE 170. SYRIA
103. LUXEMBOURG
37. CHINA 171. TAJIKISTAN
38. COLOMBIA 104. MADAGASCAR 172. TANZANIA

39. COMOROS 105. MALAWI 173. THAILAND

40. CONGO 106. MALAYSIA 174. TIMOR LESTE

41. CONGO (Democratic 107. MALDIVES 175. TOGO

Rep.)
108. MALI 176. TONGA
42. COSTA RICA
109. MALTA 177. TRINIDAD & TOBAGO
43. CROATIA
110. MARSHALL ISLANDS 178. TUNISIA
44. CUBA
111. MAURITANIA 179. TURKEY
45. CURAÇAO
112. MAURITIUS 180. TURKMENISTAN
46. CYPRUS
113. MEXICO 181. UGANDA
47. CZECH REPUBLIC
114. MOLDOVA 182. UKRAINE
48. CÔTE D'IVOIRE
115. MONACO 183. UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
49. DENMARK
116. MONGOLIA 184. UNITED KINGDOM
50. DJIBOUTI
117. MONTENEGRO 185. UNITED STATES
51. DOMINICA
118. MOROCCO 186. URUGUAY
52. DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
119. MOZAMBIQUE 187. UZBEKISTAN
53. ECUADOR
120. MYANMAR 188. VANUATU
54. EGYPT
121. NAMIBIA 189. VATICAN CITY STATE
55. EL SALVADOR
122. NAURU 190. VENEZUELA
56. EQUATORIAL GUINEA
123. NEPAL 191. VIET NAM
57. ERITREA
124. NETHERLANDS 192. YEMEN
58. ESTONIA
125. NEW ZEALAND 193. ZAMBIA
59. ESWATINI
126. NICARAGUA 194. ZIMBABWE
60. ETHIOPIA
127. NIGER
61. FIJI
128. NIGERIA
62. FINLAND
129. NORTH MACEDONIA
63. FRANCE
130. NORWAY
64. GABON
131. OMAN
65. GAMBIA
132. PAKISTAN
66. GEORGIA
133. PALESTINE

134. PANAMA
GENERAL ASSEMBLY EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

The General Assembly is INTERPOL’s supreme governing body, comprising

representatives from each of our member countries. It meets once a year and each
session lasts around four days.

Each member country may be represented by one or several delegates who are typically
chiefs of police and senior ministry officials.

Its purpose is to ensure that INTERPOL’s activities correspond to the needs of our member
countries. It does this by determining the principles and measures for the Organization to
reach its objectives, and by reviewing and approving the programme of activities and
financial policy for the coming year.

In addition, the General Assembly elects the members of the Executive Committee, the
governing body which provides guidance and direction in between sessions of the
Assembly.

On the agenda each year are also the major crime trends and security threats facing the
world.

INTERPOL's Supreme Governing Body - General Assembly

One country, one vote

The General Assembly takes decisions in the form of Resolutions. Each member country
represented has one vote. The decision-making process is made by either a simple or
two-thirds majority, depending on the subject matter. These Resolutions are public
documents and available from 1960 to the current date.

As the largest global gathering of senior law enforcement officials, the General Assembly
also provides an important opportunity for countries to network and share experiences.

NATIONAL GENERAL BUREAUS

The National Central Bureau is a country’s focal point for all INTERPOL activities.

Each of our member countries hosts an INTERPOL National Central Bureau (NCB). This
connects their national law enforcement with other countries and with the General
Secretariat via our secure global police communications network called I-24/7.

Many crimes today have an international aspect; think of cybercrimes, fugitives, or stolen
or illicit goods that are driven by organized crime groups. When a crime goes beyond their
national jurisdiction, a country needs international support to solve it.

The heart of INTERPOL

NCBs are at the heart of INTERPOL and how we work. They seek the information needed
from other NCBs to help investigate crime or criminals in their own country, and they share
criminal data and intelligence to assist another country.

As part of their role in global investigations, NCBs work with:

Law enforcement agencies in their own country

Other NCBs and Sub-Bureaus around the world

The General Secretariat’s offices worldwide

NCBs can also develop training programmes for their national police to raise awareness on
INTERPOL’s activities, services and databases.

Sharing criminal data

NCBs contribute national crime data to our global databases, in accordance with their
respective national laws. This ensures that accurate data is in the right place at the right
time to allow police to identify a trend, prevent a crime, or arrest a criminal. For example,
our Red Notices alert police in all countries to wanted persons.

Cooperating on investigations

NCBs cooperate on cross-border investigations, operations and arrests. To take

investigations beyond national borders, they can seek cooperation from any other NCB.

Given the common issues faced within each region, NCBs work together increasingly on a
regional basis. They combine resources and expertise in successful interventions against
those crime areas which affect them the most.

Who works in an NCB?

The composition of an NCB varies from country to country, but they are usually part of the
national police force, and are staffed by highly-trained police officers.

NCBs often sit structurally in a unit close to the national police chief and most of them have
the authority to trigger law enforcement action in their own countries.

Heads of NCB Conference

NCB staff shape INTERPOL's activities and plans, coming together each year at the Heads
of NCB Conference. This provides a unique forum for building relationships and working
together to find joint solutions to common challenges. Many Heads of HCB also participate
at our General Assembly.

GENERAL SECRETARIAT

The General Secretariat runs INTERPOL’s day-to-day activities to support member

countries in their international policing.

24/7/365

The General Secretariat operates 24 hours a day, 365 days a year thanks to our Command
and Coordination Centre, which provides a point of contact for any country needing
assistance with an investigation, and operates from offices in Lyon, Buenos Aires and
Singapore.

100+ nationalities

Reflecting the diversity of our membership, more than 100 different nationalities are
represented at the Secretariat.

INTERPOL is a membership-based organization, and the General Secretariat is the body

that coordinates all our policing and administrative activities.

It is run by the Secretary General; currently Jürgen Stock of Germany, who was appointed
by the General Assembly in November 2014.
There are around 1,000 staff, one-quarter of whom are law enforcement personnel
seconded by their national administration. Staff work in any of the Organization's four
languages: Arabic, English, French and Spanish.

General Secretariat

The global nature of our work and of our membership means that a global presence is
essential for the General Secretariat. It comprises the following:

Lyon headquarters

The headquarters in Lyon coordinates much of the policing expertise and services we
provide to member countries. It is also the administrative and logistical centre of the
Organization.

ADVISERS COMMISSION FOR THE CONTROL OF INTERPOL’S FILES

Commission for the Control of INTERPOL’s Files (CCF)

The CCF is an independent body that ensures all personal data processed by INTERPOL
conforms to our rules.

Rights

Any person or entity has the right to request access to data processed in INTERPOL’s files.

INTERPOL processes a large volume of personal data through our Notices and databases
on criminals and crimes; for example names, photos, identifying features and fingerprints.

The Commission for the Control of INTERPOL’s Files (CCF) is an independent, impartial
body, responsible for ensuring that the processing of personal data by the INTERPOL
General Secretariat conforms to the applicable INTERPOL rules.

It also processes requests from individuals for access to any data on them in our systems.