INTERPOL
Definition
International Criminal Police Organization: the intergovernmental body, headquartered in Lyon, that facilitates police cooperation across 195 member countries through databases, communications infrastructure, and operational coordination.
Related terms
- ENFSI
- European Network of Forensic Science Institutes: the voluntary network of national forensic institutes across Europe and neighbouring regions, focused on method harmonisation,...
- ILAC
- The International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation, the global network of accreditation bodies. ILAC's Mutual Recognition Arrangement (MRA) means a result produced by an...
- OSAC
- Organization of Scientific Area Committees for Forensic Science: established by NIST and DOJ in 2014, it develops consensus forensic standards through structured...
- SDO
- Standards Development Organisation: a body with formal processes for publishing consensus standards. ASTM International, ANSI, and BSI are examples. OSAC submits its...
- SWG (Scientific Working Group)
- US discipline-specific committees that produced best-practice guidelines for forensic science from the 1990s onward. Most SWGs were absorbed into or superseded by...
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- International Bodies: INTERPOL, ENFSI, SWGs, OSACInternational Criminal Police Organization: the intergovernmental body, headquartered in Lyon, that facilitates police cooperation across 195 member countries...