Tag Archives: Interpol

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The police has said at least 25 Ugandans are on the red list of International Criminal Police Organization- Interpol for committing transnational crimes. Charles Birungi, the acting director Uganda National Central Bureau commonly known as Interpol-Uganda told Uganda Radio Network (URN) in an exclusive interview …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | At least 300 or more people are seeking a certificate of good conduct daily from the National Central Bureau commonly known as Interpol –Uganda. Charles Birungi, the acting Director Interpol, says that on average they attend to 300 people mostly female seeking to be …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda’s International Police (Interpol) Director, Assistant Inspector General of Police Moses Balimwoyo, has retired from the police force after more than four decades of service. AIGP Balimwoyo who joined police in 1974 becomes the sixth high-ranking officer in police to retire in two years …

Lyon, France | INTERPOL | Counterfeit facemasks, substandard hand sanitizers and unauthorized antiviral medication were all seized under Operation Pangea XIII, which saw police, customs and health regulatory authorities from 90 countries take part in collective action against the illicit online sale of medicines and medical products. The operation resulted …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Police Force (UPF) has written to International Police (Interpol) in different seeking the arrest of former Kampala South Regional Police Commander, Assistant Commissioner of Police, Siraj Bakaleke. He is needed by the Anti-corruption court to answer charges of abuse of office, conspiracy to defraud, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Preparations are underway to extradite Patrick Agaba alias Pato from South Africa to answer to charges of Kidnap and Murder of Susan Magara, a cashier who was killed last year. Agaba is accused of masterminding and receiving a ransom of 700 million Shillings from …

Lyon, France | AFP | Interpol must accept the resignation of its Chinese boss, who is currently detained in China on charges of accepting bribes, the organisation’s number two said here Thursday. Interpol, which coordinates police work across the world, has been “strongly encouraging China to provide us with more …

Brussels, Belgium | AFP | Boys account for nearly a third of online child sex abuse images and often suffer the worst horrors, a new study revealed Tuesday, suggesting a greater problem than first thought. Interpol and Ecpat, a Bangkok-based international organisation fighting child sexual abuse, produced the findings after reviewing …

Cotonou, Benin | AFP | Forty people are facing prosecution after police raids in west and central Africa rescued nearly 500 victims of human trafficking, Interpol said on Thursday. Raids were carried out in Chad, Mali, Mauritania, Niger and Senegal as part of a German foreign ministry funded initiative targeting …

Beijing, China | AFP | China’s Communist Party Friday expelled from its ranks a former contender for a top leadership post for “serious discipline violations” before a major congress due to consolidate President Xi Jinping’s power. Politburo member Sun Zhengcai was also dismissed from public office after the Political Bureau of …