Interpol is to connect key law enforcement agencies in Nigeria to its National Data Base tool known as i-24/7.
This was decided at the 85th Interpol General Assembly held in Bali, Indonesia, attended by the Inspector General of Police Ibrahim Idris, Heads of Immigration Service and that of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency – NDLEA.
It’s a data base for tracking a wanted person, stolen vehicles, artifacts, missing persons and other transnational criminals. The Data Base has been restricted to Police. It also adds that the Agencies to be connected are the Economic and Finance Crime Commission – EFCC, Immigration Service, Air and Seaports as well as all International borders.
IGP, Ibrahim Idris headed a discussion Panel where he emphasized the effects of systematic corruption on efforts at curbing International terrorism, calling for closer collaboration of the International Communities.
Other resolutions was the resolve to revive the West African Police Chiefs Committee with its Secretariat in Nigeria.
The International Criminal Police Organization (French: Organisation internationale de police criminelle), ICPO or INTERPOL, is an intergovernmental organization facilitating 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.
INTERPOL is the world’s largest international police organization, with 190 member countries.
Its role is to enable police around the world to work together to make the world a safer place. Its high-tech infrastructure of technical and operational support helps meet the growing challenges of fighting crime in the 21st century.
