The Interpol-U.S. National Central Bureau (USNCB), a component of the U.S. Department of Justice, serves as the United States’ representative to INTERPOL, the International Criminal Police Organization. The USNCB is the central point of contact for all INTERPOL matters in the United States, including secure communications with police authorities in INTERPOL’s 187 member countries and access to INTERPOL’s various databases containing information on wanted persons, terrorists, missing persons, stolen and lost passports and travel documents, stolen vehicles, and other law enforcement information. On a daily basis, the USNCB coordinates and transmits requests for criminal investigative and humanitarian assistance between American federal, state and local law enforcement authorities and their foreign counterparts.
INTERPOL – The U.S. Deputy Attorney General, David W. Ogden, met with justice ministers from more than a dozen countries during the 78th INTERPOL General Assembly Session in Singapore, Oct. 11-15, 2009. Also, during a meeting with the new incoming Director of INTERPOL Washington, Timothy A. Williams and the U.S. Delegation, Ogden underscored the importance of a robust U.S. National Central Bureau representing more than 18,000 federal, state, local, and tribal law enforcement agencies.
INTERPOL – During their attendance to the 78th INTERPOL General Assembly Session, the new incoming Director of INTERPOL Washington, Timothy A. Williams and the U.S. Delegation intervened on a draft resolution to establish a convention on red notices that are used to locate and arrest subjects for extradition. Director Williams and the U.S. Delegation attended the 78th INTERPOL General Assembly Session Oct. 11-15, 2009, held in Singapore. The General Assembly is INTERPOL’s highest governing body and comprises delegates appointed by each of its 188 member countries.
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