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1. International police

2. Table of Contents
1. About Interpol
2. History
3. Constitution
4. Emblem
5. References

3. 1. About Interpol
The International Criminal Police Organization (ICPO-INTERPOL; French: Organisation internationale de
police criminelle), more commonly known as Interpol, is the international organization that facilitates
international police cooperation. It was established as the International Criminal Police Commission
(ICPC) in 1923; it chose INTERPOL as its telegraphic address in 1946, and made it its common name in
1956
To keep INTERPOL as politically neutral as possible, its charter forbids it, at least in theory, from
undertaking interventions or activities of a political, military, religious, or racial nature or involving itself in
disputes over such matters. Its work focuses primarily on public safety and battling transnational crimes
against humanity, child pornography, cyber crime, drug trafficking, environmental crime, genocide, human
trafficking, illicit drug production,[8] copyright infringement, missing people, illicit traffic in works of art,
intellectual property crime, money laundering, organized crime, corruption, terrorism, war crimes, weapons
smuggling, and white-collar crime.

4. 2. History
In the first part of the 20th century, several efforts were taken to formalize international police cooperation,
but they initially failed.[9] Among these efforts were the First International Criminal Police Congress in
Monaco in 1914, and the International Police Conference in New York in 1922. The Monaco Congress
failed because it was organized by legal experts and political officials, not by police professionals, while
the New York Conference failed to attract international attention.
In November 2016, Meng Hongwei, a politician from the People's Republic of China, was elected
president during the 85th Interpol General Assembly, and was to serve in this capacity until 2020. At the
end of September 2018, Interpol President Meng Hongwei was reported missing during a trip to China,
after being "taken away" for questioning by "discipline authorities".On 7 October 2018, the organization
announced that Meng had resigned his post with immediate effect and that the Presidency would be
temporarily occupied by INTERPOL Senior Vice-President (Asia) Kim Jong Yang of South Korea.

5. 3. Constitution
The role of INTERPOL is defined by the general provisions of its constitution.
Article 2 states that its role is:
1. To ensure and promote the widest possible mutual assistance between
all criminal police authorities within the limits of the laws existing in the different
countries and in the spirit of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
2. To establish and develop all institutions likely to contribute effectively to
the prevention and suppression of ordinary law crimes.
Article 3 states: It is strictly forbidden for the Organization to undertake any
intervention or activities of a political, military, religious or racial character.

6. 4. Emblem
The current emblem of Interpol was adopted in 1950 and includes the following
elements:
● the globe indicates worldwide activity
● the olive branches represent peace
● the sword represents police action
● the scales signify justice

7. 5. References
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