Training and operational workshops provide impetus to the fight against counterfeit goods in Southern and Eastern Africa
21 November 2008 NAIROBI, Kenya – Nearly 150 police, customs and drug regulatory body representatives from 26 Eastern and Southern African countries are taking part in Intellectual Property (IP) Crime Training and Operational Workshops, co-hosted by INTERPOL and the Kenya police.
The six-day training course and workshops, running from 20 to 25 November, aim to equip senior and middle police managers with the knowledge, skills and expertise to lead proactive regional operations, targeting transnational organized criminals who systematically manufacture and distribute counterfeit and pirated goods throughout the region.
INTERPOL headquarters to deploy team to ensure compliance with INTERPOL rules and regulations by Mexican law enforcement officials
19 November 2008 During recent months Mexico’s Attorney General's office has requested a series of arrests be made as part of Operation ‘Limpieza’, its ongoing investigation into information leaks by law enforcement to drug cartels.
The INTERPOL General Secretariat headquarters in Lyon, France has learned that on Tuesday 18 November, the Mexican Attorney General issued a statement that Ricardo Gutierrez Vargas, the Director for International Police Affairs at Mexico’s Federal Investigative Agency was subject to a ‘40-day provisional arrest’.
INTERPOL is the world’s largest international police organization, with 187 member countries. It exists to help create a safer world by supporting law enforcement agencies worldwide to combat crime.
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