Putin is about to gain control of Interpol

[crazytown]

Source: Sydney Morning Herald

Putin is about to gain control of Interpol

Washington: On Wednesday delegates of the general assembly of Interpol - the International Criminal Police Organisation, the coordinating body for law enforcement from 192 countries - will meet in Dubai for the last day of their 87th annual session.

Their most important agenda item: elect the organisation's new president to replace Meng Hongwei, who went missing in China in October. (The Chinese authorities later announced that Meng had been arrested on "corruption charges" and sent what was purported to be his resignation letter to the agency's headquarters in Lyon, France.)

The leading candidate to become the next president of Interpol is Alexander Prokopchuk, a police general in the Russian Interior Ministry who has for the past seven years headed Interpol's Russian bureau. Prokopchuk's candidacy was kept under wraps until the last moment - and, presumably, until the Kremlin was confident of securing enough votes.

The British government has determined that Prokopchuk's victory is assured to the extent that "there is no point in trying to stop him".

https://www.smh.com.au/world/europe/putin-is-about-to-gain-control-of-interpol-20181120-p50h78.html

[bobbieinok]

1. Just imagine the international thrillers being written about this new Interpol!!!

[bobbieinok]

2. How is this even possible?!?! Doesn't it destroy international crime fighting??

[marylandblue]

3. I guess that's the point

And there enough corrupt regimes to let it happen.

[crazytown]

4. How is it possible? Anti American sentiment.

A suck it up USA vote

[empedocles]

5. Sickening. Huge putin win

[WA-03 Democrat]

6. This is a major coup for Putin

China didn’t disappear the last guy without Putin working together. China, Russia, Saudi are all mob run states. While international law means little Interpol will attack political dissenters rather then criminals. Putin wants his spies and enemies back. They pulled this shit with Bill Browder-exact same guys. Read his book “Red Letter.”

This shows the reach of this corruption. They are winning. If this doesn’t scare the IC, not sure what will. Germany and Britain have a ton of info on money laundering and their banks are encouraging it. Take their assets and shut them down.

[uponit7771]

8. +1

[crazytown]

7. ...

Kick

[Gothmog]

9. Yeah

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