INTERPOL is an international Criminal police organization for Policing.
Interpol
The International Criminal Police Organisation, or Interpol, is a 194 – member intergovernmental organisation.
Headquartered in Lyon, France.
Formed in 1923 as the International Criminal Police Commission, and started calling itself Interpol in 1956.
India joined the organisation in 1949.
Why in News:-
- Interpol has issued a Blue Corner notice to help locate fugitive self-styled godman Nithyananda, weeks after the Gujarat Police sought the agency’s intervention for this.
- Nithyananda fled India last year amid allegations of rape and sexual abuse.
- A Blue Corner notice is issued to locate or obtain information about a person in a criminal investigation, while a Red Corner notice is issued to seek arrest of a wanted person.
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