

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.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 13, 2009 -- Attorney General Eric Holder, Deputy Attorney General David Ogden and Timothy A. Williams, Director of INTERPOL-United States National Central Bureau (USNCB), stand for the National Anthem shortly before Director Williams was installed into his new position by AG Holder today in the Department of Justice's Great Hall.
Photo by: Shane T. McCoy / US Marshals
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