Inside Interpol

The Documentary Podcast

BBC

Society & Culture, Documentary, Personal Journals

4.3 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 23 June 2015

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Interpol is the world's biggest and most powerful international policing organisation. Spanning almost every existing country - with the notable exception of North Korea - it carries out vital work in combatting worldwide organised crime. Increasingly important in our globalised era, but lacking in accountability and surrounded with an aura of mystery, it has to cope with new scrutiny. In this age of accountability and transparency, how long can it withstand demands for change?

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0:00.0	Thank you for downloading from the BBC.
0:04.0	The details of our complete range of podcasts and our terms of use
0:08.0	go to BBCWorldService.com slash podcasts.
0:16.0	Good morning ladies and gentlemen.
0:18.0	We are about to commence.
0:19.0	May I ask you to take your seats please?
0:22.0	A large convention centre in Lyon, France.
0:25.0	Hundreds of top police officers from around the world have gathered
0:29.0	for an Interpol conference to strengthen their alliance in the fight against international crime.
0:34.0	I'm Jake Wallace-Simon and for the BBC World Service,
0:37.0	I've been going behind the scenes of their elusive organisation
0:41.0	to separate the myth from the reality.
0:54.0	Interpol, everyone has heard of it but few people know what it does and how it works.
0:58.0	In recent years it's become an increasingly proactive and powerful organisation
1:03.0	coordinating 190 police forces but it has also faced serious criticism.
1:09.0	This includes allegations that it helps repressive regimes to pursue political dissidents
1:14.0	when they flee abroad and concerns over its financial links to the tobacco industry
1:19.0	and even FIFA.
1:21.0	A fortnight ago, Interpol announced it was suspending its controversial
1:25.0	20 million euro deal with football's governing body.
1:29.0	I'll ask Interpol secretary general about the FIFA connection later in the programme.
1:34.0	Despite all this, there's no doubt that Interpol plays a unique and crucial role
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