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Connecting police Securing the world

Connecting police Securing the world. Role of INTERPOL in Asset Recovery. Jaganathan Saravanasamy Assistant Director, Anti-Corruption Sub-Directorate ICPO-INTERPOL 200, quai Charles de Gaulle 69006 Lyon, Paris j.saravanasamy@interpol.int. INTERPOL – a global organization.

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Connecting police Securing the world

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  1. Connecting police Securing the world

  2. Role of INTERPOLin AssetRecovery Jaganathan Saravanasamy Assistant Director, Anti-Corruption Sub-Directorate ICPO-INTERPOL 200, quai Charles de Gaulle 69006 Lyon, Paris j.saravanasamy@interpol.int

  3. INTERPOL – a global organization • Created in 1923, INTERPOL is the world’s largest international police organization, with 190 member countries • General Secretariat in Lyon, France, six Regional Bureaus, one Liaison Office, and Special Representatives of INTERPOL to the United Nations and to the European Union in Brussels. • Four official languages: Arabic, English, French and Spanish • A National Central Bureau (NCB) in each member country

  4. INTERPOL National Central Bureaus - NCBs General Secretariat NCBs Specialised Law enforcement agencies Airports Ports Police stations Borders

  5. INTERPOL’s 4 core functions 4 3 2 1 Secure global police communications services Operational data Services and databases for police Police training and development Operational police support services

  6. Core function #2: Operational data services and databases for police INTERPOL Notices and Diffusions Wanted persons Seeking additional information Warnings about known criminals Missing persons Unidentified bodies Special INTERPOL-UN Security Council Warnings of threats + Diffusions

  7. Core function #3: Operational police support services INTERPOL’s initiatives in Anti-Corruption & AML • Corruption was named as INTERPOL’s crime priority area in 2007 • Asset recovery is the natural extension of AC investigation • Tools • multi-purpose tools • Customized tools

  8. Difficulties in tackling Corruption THE OFFENCE • It is increasingly transnational • Value moves across borders, very fast, in electronic form • Even assets created out of corrupt money are stored in electronic form. THE EFFORTS • Countries are sovereign and legislative jurisdiction is limited by boundaries. • Investigative process is physical, the channel is lengthy, compartmentalized, procedure and requirements different and often frustrating. • Locating and linking assets stored electronically is difficult. They often change form making them difficult to trace.

  9. Chapter II Preventive measures Chapter III Criminalization & Law Enforcement Chapter V Asset Recovery Chapter IV International Cooperation United Nations Convention against Corruption (UNCAC)

  10. Anti-Corruption Office • INTERPOL's Anti-Corruption Office is engaged in a number of initiatives designed to combat corruption and encourage the implementation of the United Nations Convention against Corruption (UNCAC). • It seeks to train, support and co-ordinate individuals in law enforcement through a variety of programs in order to expose and address the problem of corruption.

  11. Approach to Asset Recovery • Operational Coordination: Global Focal Points for Asset Recovery • CapcityBuilding: INTERPOL Global Programme on Anti-Corruption and Asset Recovery • Operational Meetings: We coordinate Operational meetings for AR

  12. The Focal Point Initiative - concept Repository of skills and tools and a secured database for ongoing cases Authorized list of names and contact details Use of Interpol’s secure I-24/7 law enforcement communication platform Authorized INTERPOL Red Notices on Corruption and future guidelines on how to issue them

  13. The Focal Point Initiative –Features. • Ordinarily available and restricted- A web-based application (through https://) • A secured channel for exchange information between Focal Points-(through https://) • A restricted access to the notices on corruption- (through https:// e-ASF2/ICIS) • A criminal database for ongoing case (through I-24/7)

  14. Strategy for CB • Franchise model • Out-reach in partnership • Complemaentary in nature • Regionalapproach • Comprehensive package • Workshop model for five workingdays

  15. Role we play…. • Facilitating role • Suggest and help select course content • Suggest and help select faculty • Prescribe and select the participants

  16. Role partner plays • Provides an institutional set-up • Provides class room infrastructure • Supplements faculty • Provides and logistics

  17. Method…. • Case study based • Investigator/Prosecutor who handled the case teaches • Hand-on workshop • Pros & cons discussed • Group discussions • Groups come out with best practices

  18. Focus… • On Investigator & Prosecutor • On evidence • On collecting, preserving and presenting admissible evidence • Complete the triangle of crime-criminal-asset by evidence Because, efficient investigation is fundamental to successful asset recovery

  19. The First programme • Hosted by the CBI New Delhi between 13&17Feb 2012 • For Asia Pacific region • 36 participants from 16 countries

  20. A balanced diet • UNCAC and OECD Convention-A critical analysis • Preventive vigilance and demonstration of preventive tools • Corruption in contracting and procurements • Corruption in extracting natural resources • Use of INTERPOL tools and guides

  21. A balanced diet • Role of Intelligence in corruption investigation • Tracking proceeds of corruption in virtual world • Preserving, extracting evidence from electronic network • Practical and hands-on training in extraction of evidence from electronic medium

  22. A balanced diet • Corruption and high value financial frauds • Investigating corruption in sports • Issues in writing MLA requests • Investigation of corruption in sports • Group exercise on best practices

  23. Operational Meetings • Request can be from any member country • A seconded police officer of IPSG acts as a expert coordinator • Case officers from relevant countries invited on the platform- • Experts invited to advise on complex issues • If need be, prosecutors are invited • The coordinator from IPSG, draws up the agenda

  24. The Dynamics of Ops mtg • From within the participants, a Task Force emerges • Way forward emerges on consensus • An Expert Team assembled to de deployed on specific mission • Often, member countries and Intl. Agencies commit resources for the mission • Coordinator at IPSG is the contact point & manages IE platform

  25. The Dynamics • Core case and satellite cases discussed • Outcome of criminal as well as intelligence investigation shared • Problem areas & complexities identified • Issues concerning MLA/LRs sorted out • Structure, modalities and host for a depository for information exchange, worked out • Strategies worked out • Contact points for future course decided • Bilateral / side / informal meetings

  26. Thank you! The INTERPOL Anti-corruption Office IPSG/Lyon

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