Problems and Perspectives on International Cooperation in Combating Crime (From Bestandaufnahme und Perspektiven der Verbrechensbekaempfung, P 195-208, 1982 - See NCJ 89220)

• NCJ Number: 89232
• Author(s): A Bossard
• Date Published: 1982
• Length: 14 pages
• Publication Format: Document
• Language: German
• Country: West Germany (Former)
• Note: Presentation made at Workshop of Bundeskriminalamt, Wiesbaden (W. Germany), Nov. 9-12, 1981

Annotation

This article describes the trends and characteristics evidenced by international crime forms, outlines the coordinating efforts of INTERPOL (International Criminal Police Organization), and assesses chances for improved international cooperation in law enforcement.

Abstract

It notes the continued increase in internationally operated crime and the corresponding need for organized counterefforts. The most significant constraints in obtaining the needed cooperation of nations are related to individual countries' financial and technological capabilities as well as to the nature of their domestic laws and the preservation of autonomy in law enforcement matters. Concrete plans exist to propose a regional European bureau of INTERPOL to improve the organization's coordinating authority. It is also likely that the statutes of INTERPOL may be revised through future international conventions to extend its powers and stabilize its legal foundation. Political conditions in individual countries as well as the development of international legal theory will be influential in determining future law enforcement cooperation internationally. No footnotes or references are given.