CBI Director Praveen Sood on Sept 5 said Interpol issued 100 red corner notices to nab fugitives on India’s request in 2023, highest ever in a year. Addressing the 10th Interpol Liasion Officers’ Conference at the agency’s headquarters, he said the global operation centre of the CBI handled 17,368 international assistance requests in 2023.
He said as many as 29 wanted criminals were brought back to India in 2023 and 19 this year so far with the help of Interpol. Emphasising the need for international cooperation in the light of technology, Sood said: “Criminal are no longer constrained by borders, and neither should our efforts to combat them.”
Union Home Secretary Govind Mohan, who inaugurated the conference, called for real-time international police cooperation in the age of digitally driven crimes.
“The world today faces a multitude of grave and globalised poly crimes and threats such as terrorism, online radicalisation, cyber-enabled financial crimes, online child sexual exploitation, corruption, drug trafficking, terror financing and organised crime. The police in India have been at the forefront of addressing these challenges through a combination of robust legal framework, innovative initiatives, leveraging technology and proactive international cooperation,” Sood said.