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{{Short description|International police organization}}
{{Short description|International police organization}}
{{About|an international crime policing organization}}
{{Use Oxford spelling|date=March 2017}}
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{{Infobox law enforcement agency
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| commonname        = Interpol
| abbreviation      = ICPO-INTERPOL
| motto            = ''Connecting police for a safer world''
| formed            = {{start date and age|df=y|1923|09|07}}
| preceding1        = First International Criminal Police Congress (1914)
| preceding2        = International Police Conference (1922)
| preceding3        = International Criminal Police Commission (1923)
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| employees        = 1,050 (2019)
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| budget            = €176 million (2023)
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| constitution1    = ICPO-INTERPOL Constitution and General Regulations<ref name="Constitution2008" /><ref name="GenReg1956">{{cite web|url=https://www.interpol.int/content/download/23768/225283/version/11/file/02%20e%20gen%20regulations%2025%2011%2014(14y2088)(or).pdf|title=General Regulations of the International Criminal Police Organization |work=Interpol, Office of Legal Affairs|year=1956|access-date=12 March 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160207104642/https://www.interpol.int/content/download/23768/225283/version/11/file/02%20e%20gen%20regulations%2025%2011%2014%2814y2088%29%28or%29.pdf|archive-date=7 February 2016}}</ref>
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| multinational    = 130 (2024)
| chief1name        = [[Valdecy Urquiza]]
| chief1position    = [[Secretary General of Interpol|Secretary-General]]
| chief2name        = [[Ahmed Naser Al-Raisi]]
| chief2position    = [[President of Interpol|President]]
| chief3name        = Sarka Havrankova, Garba Baba Umar, Valdecy Urquisa
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The '''International Criminal Police Organization – INTERPOL''' (abbreviated as '''ICPO–INTERPOL'''), commonly known as '''Interpol'''<ref name="Name and logo">{{cite web |title=Who we are {{!}} Name and logo |publisher=INTERPOL  |url=https://www.interpol.int/Who-we-are/Legal-framework/Name-and-logo |access-date=2024-01-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231026233202/https://www.interpol.int/Who-we-are/Legal-framework/Name-and-logo |archive-date=2023-10-26 |url-status=live}}</ref> ({{IPAc-en|UK|ˈ|ɪ|n|t|ər|p|ɒ|l}} {{respell|IN|tər|pol}}, {{IPAc-en|US|-|p|oʊ|l}} {{respell|-|pohl}};<ref>{{cite book |last=Wells |first=John |author-link=John C. Wells |title=Longman Pronunciation Dictionary |publisher=[[Pearson Longman]] |location=[[Harlow]] |edition=New / Paperback (9th impression) |date=2007 |orig-date=2000 |isbn=978-0-582-36467-7 |page=398 |url=https://archive.org/details/longman-pronunciation-dictionary/page/397/mode/2up?q=Interpol |access-date=2024-01-30 |url-access=limited |via=[[Internet Archive#Text collection|Internet Archive Book Reader]]}}</ref> stylized in allcaps), is an [[international organization]] that facilitates worldwide police cooperation and crime control. It is the world's largest international police organization. It is headquartered in [[Lyon]], France, with seven regional bureaus worldwide, and a National Central Bureau in all 196 member states.<ref name="General Secretariat">{{Cite web |title=General Secretariat |url=https://www.interpol.int/en/Who-we-are/General-Secretariat |url-status=live |access-date=2020-03-19 |website=www.interpol.int |language=en-US |archive-date=30 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200330124511/https://www.interpol.int/en/Who-we-are/General-Secretariat }}</ref>
 
The '''International Criminal Police Organization – INTERPOL''' (abbreviated as '''ICPO–INTERPOL'''), commonly known as '''Interpol'''<ref name="Name and logo">{{cite web |title=Who we are {{!}} Name and logo |publisher=INTERPOL  |url=https://www.interpol.int/Who-we-are/Legal-framework/Name-and-logo |access-date=2024-01-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231026233202/https://www.interpol.int/Who-we-are/Legal-framework/Name-and-logo |archive-date=2023-10-26 |url-status=live}}</ref>, is an [[international organization]] that facilitates worldwide police cooperation and crime control. It is the world's largest international police organization. It is headquartered in [[Lyon]], France, with seven regional bureaus worldwide, and a National Central Bureau in all 196 member states.<ref name="General Secretariat">{{Cite web |title=General Secretariat |url=https://www.interpol.int/en/Who-we-are/General-Secretariat |url-status=live |access-date=2020-03-19 |website=www.interpol.int |language=en-US |archive-date=30 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200330124511/https://www.interpol.int/en/Who-we-are/General-Secretariat }}</ref>


The organization today known as Interpol was founded on 7 September 1923 at the close of a five-day International Police Congress in [[Vienna]] as the '''International Criminal Police Commission''' ('''ICPC''');<ref>Mathieu Deflem, [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1TIaJ9bWpgtt99jYqnYg8GOocycRvXLCk/view ''Policing World Society: Historical Foundations of International Police Cooperation''] (Oxford University Press, 2004) p. 125</ref> it adopted many of its current duties throughout the 1930s. After coming under [[Nazism|Nazi]] control in 1938,<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |title=7. September 1923 – Interpol wird gegründet |language=de  |trans-title=September 7, 1923 – Interpol is founded |date=2013-09-07 |work=[[Westdeutscher Rundfunk]] |url=https://www1.wdr.de/stichtag/stichtag7776.html |access-date=2022-09-07 |archive-date=7 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220907091259/https://www1.wdr.de/stichtag/stichtag7776.html |url-status=live}}</ref> the agency had its headquarters in the same building as the [[Gestapo]].<ref>{{Cite news |title=Opinion {{!}} Interpol's Nazi Affiliations Continued After War |first=Gerald |last=Posner |author-link=Gerald Posner |language=en-US |date=1990-03-06 |newspaper=The New York Times |page=A-22 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/03/06/opinion/l-interpol-s-nazi-affiliations-continued-after-war-137690.html |access-date=2022-09-07 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=7 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220907072739/https://www.nytimes.com/1990/03/06/opinion/l-interpol-s-nazi-affiliations-continued-after-war-137690.html |url-status=live}}</ref> It was effectively stagnant until the end of [[World War II]].<ref name=":0" /> In 1956, the ICPC adopted a new constitution and the name Interpol, derived from its [[telegraphic address]] used since 1946.<ref name="Name and logo"/>
The organization today known as Interpol was founded on 7 September 1923 at the close of a five-day International Police Congress in [[Vienna]] as the '''International Criminal Police Commission''' ('''ICPC''');<ref>Mathieu Deflem, [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1TIaJ9bWpgtt99jYqnYg8GOocycRvXLCk/view ''Policing World Society: Historical Foundations of International Police Cooperation''] (Oxford University Press, 2004) p. 125</ref> it adopted many of its current duties throughout the 1930s. After coming under [[Nazism|Nazi]] control in 1938,<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |title=7. September 1923 – Interpol wird gegründet |language=de  |trans-title=September 7, 1923 – Interpol is founded |date=2013-09-07 |work=[[Westdeutscher Rundfunk]] |url=https://www1.wdr.de/stichtag/stichtag7776.html |access-date=2022-09-07 |archive-date=7 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220907091259/https://www1.wdr.de/stichtag/stichtag7776.html |url-status=live}}</ref> the agency had its headquarters in the same building as the [[Gestapo]].<ref>{{Cite news |title=Opinion {{!}} Interpol's Nazi Affiliations Continued After War |first=Gerald |last=Posner |author-link=Gerald Posner |language=en-US |date=1990-03-06 |newspaper=The New York Times |page=A-22 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/03/06/opinion/l-interpol-s-nazi-affiliations-continued-after-war-137690.html |access-date=2022-09-07 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=7 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220907072739/https://www.nytimes.com/1990/03/06/opinion/l-interpol-s-nazi-affiliations-continued-after-war-137690.html |url-status=live}}</ref> It was effectively stagnant until the end of [[World War II]].<ref name=":0" /> In 1956, the ICPC adopted a new constitution and the name Interpol, derived from its [[telegraphic address]] used since 1946.<ref name="Name and logo"/>
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