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by Remi BANET Agence France Presse ISTANBUL, Turkey (AFP) — Interpol elected an Emirati general accused of torture as its new president on Thursday, despite the concerns of human rights organisations who fear the agency will be at risk of exploitation by repressive regimes. The appointment follows generous funding by the United Arab Emirates for the Lyon, France-based body and accusations that Abu Dhabi has abused Interpol’s system of so-called “red notices” for wanted […]
LYON, France (AFP) — Police in China and South Africa have seized thousands of fake doses of Covid-19 jabs, global police organization Interpol said on Wednesday, warning this represented only the “tip of the iceberg” in vaccine-related crime. The Lyon-based Interpol said 400 vials — equivalent to around 2,400 doses — containing the fake vaccine were found at a warehouse in Germiston outside Johannesburg in South Africa, where officers also recovered fake masks and arrested […]
(Eagle News)–Jose Maria Sison slammed President Rodrigo Duterte for what he said was his “ignorance of international law” following his threat to arrest the Communist Party of the Philippines founding chair who is facing multiple murder charges in a Manila court. The charges stem from the 2006 discovery of a mass grave in Inopacan, Leyte which allegedly contains the remains of victims of a Communist purge in the 1980s. In a statement, Sison said Interpol, […]
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AFP) — Interpol named South Korea’s Kim Jong-yang as its new president on Wednesday, in a blow to Russia which denounced “unprecedented pressure” against its own candidate to lead the global policing body. There had been growing Western calls for Interpol to reject Alexander Prokopchuk — a Russian interior ministry official and current Interpol vice president — over fears Moscow could abuse the role to target political opponents US-backed Kim, Interpol’s […]
By John Leicester and Gillian Wong Associated Press LYON, France (AP) — The call came at night and was chilling. “You listen, but you don’t speak,” the man on the other end said. “We’ve come in two work teams, two work teams just for you.” In her first one-on-one interview since her husband’s disappearance in China, the wife of the former head of Interpol described the threatening phone call that prompted authorities in the […]
by Ryan McMorrow Agence France Presse BEIJING, China (AFP) — Beijing’s international image took a self-inflicted bruising with a secretive investigation into the former Chinese head of Interpol, highlighting its ruthless tactics even as it seeks global goodwill in a trade spat with the United States, analysts said. The election of Meng Hongwei as head of Interpol in 2016 was a triumph for President Xi Jinping’s bid to burnish China’s international profile through leadership […]
by Ben Dooley, with Daniel Abelous and Pierre Pratabuy in Lyon Agence France Presse BEIJING, China (AFP) — Beijing announced Monday the Chinese head of Interpol, who vanished after returning to his homeland, was under investigation for possible criminal activity, and the world police organization said he had resigned. The revelations came as Meng Hongwei’s wife voiced concern for his life after receiving a final text message from his phone with a knife emoji. Beijing […]
PARIS, France (AFP) — French police said Fridaythey were probing the disappearance of the Chinese head of Interpol, who has reportedly been detained for questioning in his home country. Meng Hongwei, 64, was last seen leaving for China from the international police organisation’s headquarters in Lyon, southeast France, in late September, a source close to the enquiry told AFP. His wife has since reported him missing. “He did not disappear in France” where he […]
Jerusalem, Undefined (AFP) — Israeli President Reuven Rivlin on Wednesday criticized Interpol’s decision to admit the Palestinian Authority as a member, saying it would weaken the global police body’s anti-terror capabilities. “This decision will harm Interpol’s ability to fight international terror,” his office quoted him as saying a conference call with American Jewish leaders. “This is not a decision based on professional need. It is absolutely a political decision,” he told members of the Conference of Presidents of […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte warned communist leaders that he will ask the help of International Criminal Police Organization or Interpol if they will not voluntarily return to the Philippines. Duterte said that the communist leaders were only given temporary safe conduct passes in order to facilitate the peace talks between the communist rebels and the government. Duterte admits that peace with the communists will no longer be achievable during his […]
MANILA, Philippines – The Philippine Senate is now considering the possibility of asking for assistance from the International Criminal Police Organization or Interpol in order to locate primary suspects in the money-laundering scam that resulted in the theft of $81 million from the Bangladesh Central Bank. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Dexter Magno, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos)
The Bureau of Immigration (BOI) is fully cooperating with its counterpart in Thailand as well as with the International Police or Interpol after the arrest in Thailand of former Palawan Governor Joel Reyes and former Coron, Palawan Mayor Mario Reyes, with the deportation process now ongoing. The Reyes brothers are considered among the top most wanted in the Philippines, and are suspects in the murder of a noted environmentalist and anti-mining advocate, Dr. Jerry Ortega. […]
