INTERPOL SECURES INCREASED GLOBAL SUPPORT First American Secretary General Revolutionizing 190 Member Country Organization
LOS ANGELES - Thursday, July 25th 2013 [ME NewsWire]
(BUSINESS WIRE) The following highlights an article by veteran journalist Larry Carroll, an award winning broadcaster, that appeared in three newspapers of the Valley News Group in southern California.
There are frequent references to African Americans who achieve fortune, fame and influence. Oprah Winfrey has the money and image to often top any list. LeBron James, Kobe Bryant, Beyonce, Jay Z, Will Smith and Denzel Washington are close behind.
There is another African American whose remarkable career justifies top ranking on any list, African American or not, whose achievements affect all of us. Tenured NYU law professor Ronald K. Noble is a respected former federal prosecutor and U.S. Treasury enforcement chief once responsible for the U.S. Secret Service, Customs Service, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms and other Treasury agencies. In 2000, he became the first American ever named the world’s top cop as Secretary General of INTERPOL.
In his third 5-YEAR term, he's leading the near century-old 190 member organization through a transformation countering increased transnational crime. On his watch, INTERPOL has garnered co-operation among disparate nations, extended its reach and improved its stature.
Currently, INTERPOL is tackling global crimes including medical product counterfeiting, environmental abuses, trafficking in illicit goods and international soccer match-fixing at the request of FIFA, the sport’s governing body. Also, more and more countries are relying upon the powerful INTERPOL database that contains 38 million records of stolen and lost passports and other travel documents. In five years, member countries launched 2.5 billion searches of that data resulting in 200,000 "Positive Hits" including detection of fleeing felons attempting to escape around the world.
In addition to searching for terrorists and fugitives and efforts to prevent cybercrime’s increased attacks on small business as well as major corporations and government agencies, INTERPOL provides key support in major international pedophile and human trafficking operations.
Recently, relying on a confidential source revealed by his private attorney, Secretary General Noble is assembling a multi-national team including private sector entities to help Libya track down and repatriate to the Libyan people billions of dollars looted by Muammar Gaddafi. INTERPOL's efforts have earned grateful praise from LIBYA'S Prime Minister and other Libyan officials.
INTERPOL is developing innovative partnerships with leading private enterprises to provide expertise, technology and resources to help INTERPOL pursue its goal of a safer world. INTERPOL is also working closely with the United Nations to provide law enforcement support for key Security Council and other UN actions. "The only way to succeed is to join forces. INTERPOL is our natural partner. I am pleased the United Nations and INTERPOL will sign a new agreement to develop an action plan on international police peacekeeping,” said UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon.
30 years ago, then U.S. President Ronald Reagan clearly defined INTERPOL's mission. "Whether it’s organized crime, narcotics trafficking, terrorism, or any other area of criminal activity, the increasing sophistication and power of criminal syndicate’s calls for a response from those who are pledged to uphold the law and protect society from the hardened criminal. And this is the work of INTERPOL,” Reagan said.
Recognizing INTERPOL's achievements, France, where INTERPOL’s headquarters is located, presented Secretary General Noble, the Legion d’Honneur, its highest award, once given to U.S. Generals Douglas MacArthur and George Patton and President Dwight Eisenhower.
INTERPOL has earned praise from many world leaders echoing South Africa’s legendary Nelson Mandela who called its mission "a most noble pursuit” and asked all nations to "join together in helping INTERPOL.”
Next year, INTERPOL celebrates 100 years of international judicial police cooperation. Global leaders like Elias Murr, Lebanon's former Defense and Interior Minister, believe INTERPOL should be a strong candidate for a Nobel Peace Prize nomination in 2014.
Recently, the coveted award has been occasionally given to an organization rather than an individual for one achievement. Previous winners include the United Nations, European Union, International Atomic Energy Agency and the International Panel on Climate Change.
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