Date:21/12/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/12/21/stories/2008122154030800.htm

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Interpol promises help

Special Correspondent

NEW DELHI: The Secretary-General of Interpol Ronald K. Noble on Saturday promised India help to get details on those behind the November 26 Mumbai terror attacks and offered to issue appropriate notices to its member countries.

Mr. Noble, who is heading a delegation to India to ensure that the national authorities received all support it requires from the international police organisation and other 186 member countries, met the Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram here.

The Interpol reiterated its offer to ensure that the details of the terrorists who were killed or captured – including their names, fingerprints, DNA profiles and photographs – are compared against Interpol’s global databases and appropriately disseminated to each and every one of its member countries.

The Interpol also offered to issue Black notices that it circulates for the deceased and Blue notices to obtain additional information for the 10 terrorists involved in the attacks.

“These notices will allow investigators to seek formal and structured assistance from Interpol members, a news release by the organisation said.

It said in addition to the investigation that is going on, the Interpol offers to extend access to its global databases beyond Central Bureau of Investigation to include State police, immigration and border control units and other law enforcement agencies throughout India.

The move will allow officers to conduct real-time checks of Interpol’s databases on wanted person, stolen and lost travel documents, and other critical police information related to terrorism. The release said following the terrorists attacks in Mumbai, the Interpol had immediately offered to deploy an Incident Response Team.