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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.

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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 Most SWGs were absorbed into or superseded by...

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