INTERPOL Activities and tools for fighting global vehicle crime

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INTERPOLActivities and tools

for fighting global vehicle crime

Criminal Organizations and Drugs Sub-DirectorateCriminal Organizations and Drugs Sub-Directorate

Stolen Motor VehiclesStolen Motor Vehicles


Project FORMATRAININTERPOL Task Force on Stolen Motor Vehicles

Databases


126 countries regularly upload their national search data on stolen motor vehicles to

ASF – SMV(Automated Search Facility - Stolen Motor Vehicles)

close to 7,3 million stolen vehicles stored

over 77 million searches by 155 countries in 2012

(2011: about 40 million by 154 countries) almost 93.000 recorded hits in 2012

(2011: about 42.000)

Current statistics:


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Aim

Compiling and maintaining training material and related information on secure IP website (I 24/7)

Providing and coordinatingtraining activities

Creating and organizing standardized trainingon vehicle crime for worldwide use


Working group members

Austria

Belgium

Canada

Estonia

Finland

Spain

South Africa

Switzerland

United Kingdom

USA

Supported by:

France

Germany

Hong Kong

Italy

Netherlands

INTERPOL Regional

Bureaus


AgendaRegional training by international expert team, including:

Three days of lessons in - Identification of vehicles

- Identification of international documents

- Investigation techniques- International cooperation

Two days of operation as practical excercise


Operation

administrative, technical and organizational planning

assessment and analysis of the operation

support during the operation (e.g. advisor, observer)

coordination of follow-up measures


Results

2007 – 2013:21 training sessionsAbout 600 officers

trained


Future possibility

A training program for law enforcement officials focusing on heavy goods transport


Task Force on Stolen Motor

Vehicles (ITFSMV)


The ITFSMV was set up in 2009 after positive feedback to INTERPOL‘s

operational support of vehicle operations

Offering operational support for national law enforcement agencies (on request)

Objectives:

Lending expertise and tools (e.g. access to different national databases) Establishing a network of vehicle experts


MembersITFSMV includes law enforcement officials as well as members from the private sector from the following

countries:

Austria

Spain

Sweden

France

Germany

Belgium

Finland

Italy

Switzerland

Poland


Around 50 suspects arrested (not exclusively in relation to vehicle crimes)

Over 110 stolen vehicles identified and seized

Over 10.000 vehicles checked

10 operations supported (Balkans, Cyprus, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Poland, Romania, Spain)

Outcomes

Currently, ITFSMV supports up to three operations per year


Challenges

• Lack of resources (funds, personnel)

• Lack of reliable data

• Rapid development of modern technology

• Lack of global standards

• Differing national policies


Possible solutions

Public-Private Partnerships (PPP)

(e.g. collaboration on specialized training initiatives for

heavy goods transport)

Preventive measures

(e.g. identification and localisation of secure parking areas in relation to

heavy goods transport)


INTERPOL Global Conference

onVehicle Crime26 – 28 November

2013

IPSG Lyon / France


Thank you for your attention

Any questions???


Renato SchipaniTel: +33 (0) 472 44

5738Fax: +33 (0) 472 44

[email protected]

Sebastian SchmuckerTel: +33 (0) 472 44 7662Fax: +33 (0) 472 44 [email protected]

SCA / DCO ICPO – Interpol200 Quai Charles de

Gaulle69006 Lyon / France

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INTERPOL Activities and tools for fighting global vehicle crime