Jennifer Hurst Assistant Director Public Safety and Terrorism International Co-operation in Combatting Terrorism
© Interpol General Secretariat, 2005 What is Interpol doing to Combat Terrorism ?? Fusion Taskforce Regional Projects Increase Information Flow Assistance to Member Countries Proactive liaison Support to Member countries
© Interpol General Secretariat, 2005 Interpol has the capacity to communicate instantly with 182 countries through : I 24/7 – secure global police communication Interpol secure message system Global data bases - efficiency and value is lost if information is not shared
© Interpol General Secretariat, 2005 Interpol Operational Data Services and Databases for use in Terrorism Information Management
Nominal Stolen Travel Documents Stolen Motor Vehicles D N A Fingerprints Notices/Diffusions
Number of terrorists or suspected terrorists recorded in the Interpol databases
© Interpol General Secretariat, 2005 Interpol Notices To seek arrest with a view to extradition To locate persons and collect information To provide warnings and criminal intelligence To identify bodies To locate missing persons To provide alerts on possible terrorist threats
© Interpol General Secretariat, 2005 ASF Nominal Searches
© Interpol General Secretariat, 2005 ASF Nominal Hits Examples 1,738 hits from 83 different countries within the same period 1,738 hits from 83 different countries within the same period 2004/2005 : 5,091 Searches done by South Africa SOUTH AFRICA Main Countries USA179 Saudi Arabia 92 Qatar83 Kuwait163 Italy62 Spain48 Canada38 Russia40 Germany57 Armenia68 Austria41 Croatia30 UK51 Chile35 Argentina36 Belgium33 India31
© Interpol General Secretariat, 2005 anytype of visa, idcard… through itsserialnumber anytype ofpassport, through its serialnumberor print batchnumber provides permanent access to 11million stolen/lost documents from over 100 countries, permitting the verification of STOLEN TRAVEL DOCUMENTS (STD) DATABASE
Stolen/Lost Travel Documents Recorded
© Interpol General Secretariat, 2005 ASF SLTD Searches February600,500
© Interpol General Secretariat, countries participating DNA Data Base74 July February 56,208
© Interpol General Secretariat, 2005 Fingerprints recorded
© Interpol General Secretariat, 2005 The Interpol global data bases are only as valuable as the information received… Proactive Population of data bases Timely-thorough-accurate Critical to support investigations
Incident Response Teams Value added services Expertise International Contact Point Communication network Data Bases direct access Forensic support Investigative support Analytical support InternationalCo-ordination Disaster victim identification
© Interpol General Secretariat, 2005 International/Regional Cooperation Law Enforcement Agencies Intelligence agencies United Nations World Customs Organization Office of the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court World Intellectual Property Organization
THE UNITED NATIONS SANCTIONS COMMITTEE
© Interpol General Secretariat, 2005 NCB of User ASF IMLASS SEARCH PROCESS Compiler ICIS Agora (IPSG Internal Network) Data Match! INSYST Autonomous ML D/B Owner of data USER
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