Unit X the international criminal police organization (interpol), its structure, governance, core functions and main activities
Task 1. Make sure you know the meaning of the words and their definitions below
smuggling |
the crime of taking smth illegally from one country to another |
trafficking |
the buying and selling of illegal goods, esp. drugs |
counterfeit |
copy smth exactly in order to deceive people, syn fake |
burglary |
the crime of entering a building, esp home, by force with the intention of stealing |
assault |
a sudden violent attack |
larceny |
an act of stealing |
embezzlement |
stealing money that is placed in one’s care, wasting smb’s property |
forgery |
making a copy of smth in order to deceive |
apprehension |
the act of apprehending a criminal syn arrest |
fugitive |
a person escaping from the police |
intelligence |
information about the secret activities of foreign governments, the military plans of an enemy, etc. |
disseminate |
spread information or ideas to as many people as possible |
Task 2. Read and translate the text
Interpol is the world’s largest international police organization with 184 member countries. It was established in 1923 to promote cross-border police cooperation, and to support and assist all organizations whose mission is to prevent or combat international crime.
Every member country has an Interpol contact point called a National Central Bureau (NCB) which is staffed by its own police. Each member country employs its own officers to operate on its own territory and in accordance with its own national laws. All NCBs are empowered to communicate directly and exchange information with any other NCB.
Interpol does not have power to arrest criminals or investigate crimes. Its function is to disseminate information. Interpol receives, stores, analyzes and circulates criminal data in cooperation with its member countries around the clock in its four official languages (Arabic, English, French and Spanish). It deals only with international crimes, that is, crimes that involve two or more member countries. It does not deal with crimes planned and committed in just one country. Interpol’s principal target is the international criminal, of which there are three main categories:
those who operate in more than one country, such as smugglers, dealing mainly in gold and narcotics;
criminals who do not travel at all but whose crimes affect other countries – for example, a counterfeiter of foreign bank notes;
and criminals who commit a crime in one country and flee to another.
Interpol is a recognized intergovernmental police force that is not under the control or supervision of any government. Its three main bodies are the General Assembly, the Executive Committee headed by the President, and the General Secretariat. Its structure also includes National Central Bureaus and Advisers.
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The President of the Organization is elected by the General Assembly for a period of four years. His role is to chair the General Assembly and Executive Committee and ensure that Interpol’s activities conform to the decisions made at these meetings.
The General Assembly – Interpol’s supreme governing body – meets once a year and takes all important decisions related to policy, resources, working methods, finances, activities and programmes.
The Executive Committee – another Interpol’s governing body – supervises the execution of the decisions of the General Assembly and the work of the Secretary General. It is a 13-member committee that comprises the President, three Vice-presidents and nine delegates covering the four regions. The Executive Committee meets three times a year.
The General Secretariat is located in Lyon, France. The General Secretariat operates 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. It is Interpol’s business division where the day-to-day work of international police is carried out. It contains the permanent departments, four of which specialize in certain crimes: one handles murder, burglary, assault, larceny, car theft, and missing persons; another deals with bank frauds and other types of embezzlement; a third – with drug traffic and morals offences; and a fourth – with forgery and counterfeiting.
The Secretariat is headed by the Secretary General who is the organization’s chief executive and senior full-time official. He is nominated by the Executive Committee and elected for a five-year term by a two-thirds majority of the General Assembly. He is responsible for managing the General Secretariat and for overseeing the implementation of any decisions taken by the General Assembly and Executive Committee.
National Central Bureaus ( NCBs) – Each Interpol member country maintain a National Central Bureau. It is the designated contact point for the General Secretariat, regional offices and other member countries requiring assistance with overseas investigations and the location and apprehension of fugitives.
Advisers – these are experts in a purely advisory capacity, who may be appointed by the Executive Committee and confirmed by the General Assembly.
Interpol’s activities are all based on the following three core functions to provide member states with:
a secure global police communications system
Interpol provides the timely and effective exchange; storage and processing of important police information about criminals and criminality through a global police communication system called 1-24/7;
analytical support and databases for police
Interpol’s databases and services ensure that police worldwide have access to the information and services they need to prevent and investigate crimes. Databases include data on criminals’ names, fingerprints, DNA profiles, photographs, passports, stolen property such as vehicles and works of art;
operational police support service
Interpol supports law enforcement officials in the field with emergency support and operational activities, especially in its priority crime areas of fugitives, public safety and terrorism, drugs and organized crime, trafficking in human beings and financial and high-tech crime.
Interpol’s activity has always been connected with the most serious crimes and violations which the modern world confronts – international organized people smuggling, international terrorism, international currency counterfeiting, and others. Interpol has always been among the first organizations that do their utmost to prevent crime and stop criminals.
Interpol is in a unique position to combat smuggling of migrants by transnational criminal organizations. A modern day slave trade is not limited to one nation or region, but is global in scope. By forcefully opposing this ugly practice, Interpol reaffirms one of its main principles – the universal respect for human rights and dignity. It gathers intelligence from different sources, collates and analyses it, then reports to national police agencies providing operational assistance through its extensive databases and criminal intelligence capacities.
Interpol is involved in the fight against international terrorism. It deals with the information on the matters relating to:
Firearms and explosives;
Attacks and threats against civil aviation;
Maritime piracy;
Weapons of mass destruction and others.
In addition to the work done in terrorism information management, obviously its core business, it maintains liaison with a number of international organizations and organizes various Symposia and working groups for people involved in the fight against terrorism.
Currency counterfeit represents a potential danger to the economy of any nation. Interpol’s role is in prevention and detection at an international level, and in the apprehension of counterfeiters and the criminal organizations operating behind them. Currencies are often counterfeited in their own country but they are also put into circulation in other countries. This is where Interpol plays the important role. Because this particular crime is often linked to other serious criminal activities, it is critically important to co-ordinate cooperation in all of Interpol’s 184 member countries.
Interpol is one of the highly respected groups in the world. It operates according to a strict code of behavior and adheres to the highest ethical standards.
Task 3. Answer the following questions using the information of the text.
What is Interpol?
When was it set up?
Why was Interpol established?
What is a NCB?
Are National Central Bureaus staffed with foreign officers?
Are NCBs empowered to exchange information with any other NCB?
Is Interpol entitled to arrest criminals and investigate crimes?
What does Interpol do?
Does Interpol deal with domestic or international crimes?
What is Interpol’s principal target?
What are three main categories of international criminals?
What does the Interpol’s structure comprise?
What is the main function of the President of Interpol?
What is the General Assembly responsible for?
What is the Executive Committee in charge of?
What crimes do four permanent departments of the General Secretariat specialize in?
What are the main functions of the Secretary General?
Who are advisors and what are they needed for?
What are Interpol’s core functions?
What are the main trends of Interpol’s activities?
Task 4. Fill in the blanks with the words from the box
contact point disseminate circulates combat is staffed forgery conform to handles larceny frauds offences fugitives counterfeiting apprehension people smuggling intelligence collates put into circulation adheres to cross-border embezzlement |
Interpol was established in 1923 to promote_______ police cooperation, and to support and assist all organizations whose mission is to prevent or _______ international crime.
Every member country has an Interpol _______ called a National Central Bureau (NCB) which _______ by its own police.
Interpol’s function is to _________ information.
Interpol receives, stores, analyzes and _______ criminal data in cooperation with its member countries around the clock in its four official languages.
The President’s role is to chair the General Assembly and Executive Committee and ensure that Interpol’s activities _________ the decisions made at these meetings.
The General Secretariat contains the permanent departments, four of which specialize in certain crimes: one _______ murder, burglary, assault, _______, car theft, and missing persons, another deals with bank ________ and other types of ______; a third – with drug traffic and morals ________; and a fourth – with _______ and ________.
A National Central Bureau is the designated contact point for the General Secretariat, regional offices and other member countries requiring assistance with overseas investigations and the location and ________ of ________.
Interpol’s activity has always been connected with the most serious crimes and violations, which the modern world confronts– international organized _______, international terrorism, international ________ counterfeiting, and others.
Interpol gathers ________ from different sources, _________ and analyses it, then reports to national police agencies.
Currencies are often counterfeited in their own country but they are also _____ in other countries.
Interpol operates according to a strict code of behavior and ______ the highest ethical standards.
Task 5. Mark the sentences as True or False
Interpol is the Europe’s largest international police organization with 184 member countries.
It was established in 1923 to promote overseas police cooperation, and to support and help all organizations whose aim is to prevent or struggle against international crime.
Every member country has an Interpol police office called a National Central Bureau (NCB) which is recruited from its own police officers.
Interpol is empowered to arrest criminals and investigate crimes.
Interpol receives, stores, analyzes and circulates criminal data in cooperation with its 184 countries 24 hours a day in its four official languages (Arabic, English, French and Spanish).
Interpol deals with international crimes, that is, crimes that happen in two or more member countries.
Interpol’s main purpose is the international criminal, of which there are three main groups: 1) those who act in two or more countries, 2) criminals who operate only in their home country but whose crimes have an impact on other countries and 3) criminals who commit a crime in one country and escape to another.
Interpol’s governance comprises the following bodies: the General Assembly, the Executive Committee, the General Secretariat, National Central Bureaus and Advisers.
Interpol is a recognized intergovernmental police force that is under the control and supervision of local governments.
Interpol’s activities are based on the following four core functions: to provide all states with a secure global police communications system, analytical support and databases for police and operational police support services.
Interpol has always been among the first organizations that do their best to prevent crime and stop criminals.
Task 6. Translate the following:
To combat international crimes, to disseminate information, контрабандист, counterfeiter, убегать, conform to, to handle, кража со взломом, assault, larceny, bank fraud, embezzlement, moral offence, forgery, designated, apprehension, fugitive, emergency support, торговля людьми, high-tech crime, organized people smuggling, to do one’s utmost, собирать сведения, collate, liaison, to put into circulation, to adhere to.
Task 7. Match the following words and word combinations with the appropriate synonyms.
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Task 8. Match the words and word combinations with their Russian equivalents
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Task 9. Complete the sentences with the endings from the text
Interpol was established in 1923 to promote cross-border police cooperation, and to support and assist all organizations whose mission is …
Every member country has an Interpol contact point called a National Central Bureau which is …
All NCBs are empowered to communicate directly and …
Interpol does not have power to arrest criminals or …
It does not deal with crimes planned and committed in …
Interpol is a recognized intergovernmental police force that is not under the control or…
The role of the President is to chair the General Assembly and Executive Committee and ensure that Interpol’s activities conform to …
The General Assembly meets once a year and takes all important decisions related to policy, resources, working methods, …
The Executive Committee – supervises the execution of the decisions of the General Assembly and ….
The General Secretariat is Interpol’s business division where the day-to-day work of international …
The Secretariat is headed by the Secretary General who is …
A National Central Bureau is the designated contact point for the General Secretariat, regional offices and other member countries requiring assistance with …
Interpol provides the timely and effective exchange, storage and processing of important police information about criminals and criminality through …
Interpol’s databases and services ensure that police worldwide have access to the information and services they need to …
Databases include data on criminals’ names, fingerprints, DNA profiles, photographs, …
Interpol has always been among the first organizations that do their utmost to …
Interpol is in a unique position to combat smuggling of migrants by …
Interpol gathers intelligence from different sources, collates and analyses it, then reports to national police agencies providing operational assistance through its …
Interpol is involved in the fight against international …
Counterfeit currency represents a potential danger to the economy of …
Interpol’s role is in prevention and detection at an international level, and …
Because this particular crime is often linked to other serious criminal activities, it is critically important to co-ordinate cooperation in …
Task 10. Choose the correct variant
a) Interpol is the world’s largest international humanitarian organization with 184 member countries.
b) Interpol is the world’s largest international police organization with 184 members countries.
a) Each member country employs its own officers to operate on its own territory and in accordance with its own national laws.
b) Each member country employs overseas officers to operate on its own territory and in accordance with the international law.
a) Interpol receives, stores, analyzes and circulates criminal data in cooperation with its member countries 24 hours a day in its four official languages (Arabic, English, French and Spanish).
b) Interpol receives, stores, analyzes and circulates critical data in cooperation with its member countries around the clock in its four official languages (Arabic, English, French and Spanish).
a) Interpol deals only with national crimes, that is, crimes that involve two or more member countries.
b) Interpol deals only with international crimes, that is, crimes that involve more than one member country.
Task 11.
A) Complete the scheme of Interpol’s structure
1._______________
2________________ 3. Executive Committee 4. _________________
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