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INTERPOL General Assembly closes as Organization moves towards
its 100 year anniversary
activities
NEW DELHI, India
The 90th INTERPOL General Assembly has ended with a series of resolutions to further
strengthen INTERPOL’
With discussions on how innovation and technology can be better integrated into INTERPOL’s day
activities to support its 195 member countries, the four
day (18
21 Octob
er) conference saw the launch of the
Officially closing the General Assembly, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said, “Over the last one hundred
years INTERPOL has become a very large and effective platform comprising 195 countries and is playing a very
important role in controlling crime across
world.
“Today, crime has become borderless and, if we want to stop these crimes and criminals, we need to think
beyond conventional borders.”
INTERPOL’s first
ever Global Crime Trend report was also presented to delegates. Using data from the
Organi
zation’s 195 member countries, databases and external sources, the report highlights current and emerging
threats at both the global and regional levels.
Financial crime, particularly money laundering, was among one of the highest ranking threats. To ad
dress
these crimes, delegates approved a resolution calling for greater action to tackle financial crime and corruption.
This would include the creation of an Expert Working group to assess various proposals In relation to the exchange
of financial informa
Delegates also approved a resolution calling for greater efforts to identify and investigate online child sexual
abuse through the creation of specialized units and increased use of INTERPOL’s Intern
ational Child Sexual
Exploitation database.
With an increasing number of unidentified human remains and individuals in relation to missing person cases,
fuelled by global mass migration and human trafficking, the General Assembly called for more effecti
ve use of the
Familia database by member countries.
The result of cutting
edge scientific research, I
Familia seeks to identify missing persons or unidentified
human remains by using DNA samples from family members.
Recognizing the need to prioriti
resolution supporting a series of measures to be implemented in order to proactively seek candidates from under
and unrepresented countries.
INTERPOL’s 90th General Assembly has vo
ted to further prioritize diversity and inclusion in order to ensure
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elgium
was elected as Vice President for Europe, with Alaa El Din Mohamed Abdalah Raga from Egypt and Anne
Marie
Nainda from Namibia elected Delegates for Africa. All three new Executive Committee members will serve a three
year term.
The 91st General A
ssembly will be held in Vienna, Austria, where INTERPOL was officially created in 1923.