Lecture Notes: Substantive White-Collar Primaries & Interpol Activities

V. Substantive White-Collar Primaries

• Interpol's Role
  • Active in various white-collar crimes
  • Focus on theft of cultural property, recovery of stolen vehicles, financial and high-tech crimes

Theft of Stolen Cultural Property

• History & Tools
  • Interpol first published notice on stolen art in 1947
  • Developed a public-accessible database to circulate information
  • Website with resources: wanted works of art, recovered items
  • Collaborates with UNESCO, International Council of Museums, UNODC, World Customs Organization

Corruption

• Interpol's Work
  • Detailed discussion on pages 619-620 of the text

Stolen Vehicles

• Issues & Solutions
  • Illicit vehicle trafficking linked to organized crime and terrorism
  • General Secretariat's database supports international theft and trafficking prevention
  • Project Formatrain: training program for vehicle crime investigations

Financial & High-Tech Crimes

• Categories: Currency counterfeiting, money laundering, intellectual property crime, payment card fraud, cyber crimes

Currency Counterfeiting

• Challenges & Partnerships
  • Globalization facilitates transnational financial crimes
  • New tech makes counterfeiting easier
  • Partnerships with law enforcement, financial institutions
  • I-247 communication system

Intellectual Property Crime

• Global Increase & Interpol's Role
  • Involves trademark, patent, copyright infringement
  • Interpol coordinates international enforcement
  • IIPCAG: Expert group formed in 2002 to combat IP crimes

Money Laundering

• IMOLIN Database
  • Clearinghouse for anti-money laundering agencies
  • Developed by UNODC's Global Program Against Money Laundering

Payment Card Fraud

• Interpol's Initiatives
  • First international conference on card fraud in the mid-1990s
  • Ongoing collaboration with law enforcement, private sector
  • Maintains an up-to-date database

Environmental Crimes

• Focus Areas
  • Noted on page 628; especially active in wildlife crime

NCB Regional Activities

• Regionalization Strategy
  • Five regions: Africa, Americas, Asia, Europe, Middle East/North Africa
  • Annual policy-level conferences
  • Services include law enforcement needs, technical support, training, oversight, operational activity coordination

Interpol Staff & International Liaison

• Staff Composition

  • In 2012: 703 staff, 98 nationalities, 42% women
  • Official languages: Arabic, English, French, Spanish

• International Collaboration

  • Cooperation with international bodies, governments, NGOs
  • Formal agreements and international conventions
  • Informal collaborations via symposia, conferences

International Agreements & Procedures

• Cooperation Agreements
  • Signed with UN, European Central Bank, Organization of African Unity, among others
  • Establish legal basis for collaboration

Note: Specific references to pages (e.g., 619-620 for corruption) provide further detail in the text.