Tag: Interpol

• Saturday, May 30th 2015 - 01:39 UTC

  Interpol after Argentine promoters linked to FIFA corruption case

  

  Argentine judge Marcelo Martínez de Giorgi has approved the arrest of three Argentine business leaders named in a corruption scandal engulfing world football and facing US extradition requests, though he acknowledged he did not know if they were in the country. The businessmen were considered fugitives from justice on Thursday after Interpol was unable to locate them at their residences.

• Tuesday, October 22nd 2013 - 19:58 UTC

  Interpol and Rio 2016 Olympics committee sign agreement to strengthen security

  

  An agreement has been signed by INTERPOL and the Rio 2016 Organizing Committee for the world police body to provide additional support to the Brazilian authorities in ensuring the safety and security of the event.

• Tuesday, June 4th 2013 - 08:19 UTC

  Iran calls Argentine prosecutor ‘Zionist’ and denies infiltration in South America

  

  In a brief but extremely aggressive release the Iranian Foreign Ministry rejected point blank the report from Argentine Prosecutor Alberto Nisman whom they described as “Zionist” and denied all allegations that Tehran has infiltrated nine South American countries to commit terrorist acts.

• Friday, May 31st 2013 - 06:41 UTC

  Iran/Argentina memorandum involved in a further controversy

  

  Argentine Foreign Minister Hector Timerman met on Thursday with Interpol top officials and said he received ‘very strong support’ for the memorandum signed with Iran, which includes the questioning of those allegedly involved in the 1994 attack on the Jewish organization AMIA in Buenos Aires that killed 85 and left dozens injured.

• Friday, March 22nd 2013 - 00:42 UTC

  Timerman thanks Interpol for describing Iran/Argentina accord as ‘positive’

  

  Argentine Foreign Minister Héctor Timerman showed his “gratitude” to Interpol legal counsellor Ronald Noble for the letter he sent to Buenos Aires considering the recently approved Memorandum of Understanding signed with Iran “positive.”

• Saturday, March 16th 2013 - 03:54 UTC

  Interpol: red notices on Iranian suspects in Buenos Aires bombing remain active

  

  Foreign Minister Héctor Timerman revealed that the Argentine government had received on Friday morning a letter from Interpol stressing that the memorandum of understanding signed between the Argentine and Iranian governments last month meant a “positive progress” for the investigation of the AMIA bombing.

• Wednesday, February 27th 2013 - 04:55 UTC

  Major global effort involving Interpol launched to eliminate IUU fishing

  

  Interpol Environmental Crime Program, with support from the Pew Charitable Trusts, the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation, this week announced the beginning of a massive global movement -- Project SCALE -- to cull illegal fishing and associated crimes.

• Wednesday, February 20th 2013 - 05:26 UTC

  Interpol cracks down on illegal logging in Central and South America: 200 arrested

  

  Interpol has announced that it arrested nearly 200 people in a wide-ranging international operation against illegal logging and the trafficking of timber. The three-month effort spanned 12 Central and South American countries, and 8 million dollars worth of timber was seized.

• Saturday, May 1st 2010 - 02:20 UTC

  Japan Issues Arrest Warrant for Head of Anti-Whaling Sea Shepherd

  

  Japan’s Coast Guard has obtained an arrest warrant for the head of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, accusing him of ordering members of the protest group to obstruct the Japanese whaling fleet, investigative sources said Friday.