INTERPOL AIDS GLOBAL MONEY LAUNDERING FIGHT
September 1st, 2006
BY ALAN OSBORN
AS befits its wider membership and longer history, Interpol is better known internationally than Europol though it has fewer staff and a smaller budget. But the similarities between the two organisations are more important than the differences. Neither is a hands-on police force. Both work by amassing data drawn from a wide range of different law enforcement agencies, establishing communications between them and feeding back information where needed. Looked at together they provide, at heart, a vast global clearing-house for criminal intelligence ...
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