Module 9 concerns Interpol, the International Criminal Police Organization, which for many people is a mysterious organization that arose in the 1920s. And interestingly, the U.S. has had a very, shall we say, ambivalent relationship with Interpol. For quite a few years, the head of the FBI, Edgar Hoover, didn't want to have much to do with Interpol.
But we'll see how in recent years the U.S. has become very proactive. And in fact, for a number of years in the 90s, the head of Interpol, the Secretary General, was a U.S. person. And so Interpol, we'll look at the Constitution.
of Interpol and how it operates. We'll also look at what is the legislative framework for how the United States government interacts with Interpol. So the way that Interpol works is that it has its headquarters in France, in Lyon, and some of the people are permanent, but a lot of the people that work at Interpol and France are seconded by various countries. And then each member of Interpol has what's called a National Central Bureau, has the acronym NCB. And so in the U.S. there is a U.S.
National Central Bureau which interacts on a regular basis with Interpol. So Interpol One of the things that it does is it sends out all kinds of notices. So, for instance, when a country like the U.S. indicts someone, it will tell Interpol to send out a red notice.
And what that means is that when a person crosses a border and you give your passport to the immigration official, as we know, We see that immigration official puts your passport through some machine. What that machine does is it is connected to the Interpol database. And if there's a red notice out and the individual crossing the border is wanted by another country, the immigration official says, ah, could you come with me to secondary inspection? We see that there's some problem. And usually, if the identity of that person is confirmed, the person is arrested and held on the extradition warrant.
Interpol does all kinds of things for international white-collar crime. It has various initiatives and divisions. It deals, for instance, with counterfeited intellectual property.
It deals with stolen automobiles and stolen airplanes. It deals with corruption. It has a big unit that deals with wildlife trafficking.
And so Interpol disseminates all kinds of these notices. So it has a yellow notice. for missing people. So for instance, I had a case involving a missing child that was subject to a yellow notice. And the module on Interpol then will help you understand how this mysterious organization works and how businesses can interact and even network with Interpol in order to help them prevent or sometimes help them solve crimes or help them combat different trends in international white-collar activity.
And we'll also see how civil society works a lot with Interpol. So, for instance, there are... a number of international environmental groups that work with Interpol to stop the poaching of rhinos or elephants.
And so I think you'll find this module will be of great interest.