Interpol launched Global database to identify missing persons

The Interpol launched a new global database named “I-Familia” to identify missing persons through family DNA and help the police solve cold cases in member countries.

Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021

The International Police Organisation is commonly known as Interpol. It is an international organization facilitating international police cooperation against cross-border terrorism, trafficking, and other crime.

INTERPOL has 194 member countries, making us the world’s largest police organization. State of Palestine is its member.

All decisions regarding the activities of INTERPOL are made by the General Assembly which is it’s ’s supreme governing body which meets annually.

It is ‘NOT’ a unit or part of united nation system. It is an independent international organization. Each country hosts an INTERPOL National Central Bureau (NCB), which links national police with our global network in India, CBI is the NCB.

These are international alert/requests circulated by Interpol allowing police in member countries to share critical crime-related information. There are eight types of notices, seven of which are colour-coded by their function. An eighth Special Notice is issued at the request of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC).