Organizations whose jurisdiction, coordination role or membership spans more than one nation: international police coordination bodies and United Nations agencies addressing crime and drug policy across borders. Belongs here: any body whose function is coordinating or setting policy for law enforcement or criminal justice across national lines rather than exercising police authority within one nation. Does not belong here: national police forces that merely cooperate internationally on individual cases, grouped under National and Federal Law Enforcement Agencies.
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1. Interpol (Wikipedia)
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The organization today known as Interpol was founded on 7 September 1923 at the close of a five-day International Police Congress in Vienna as the International Criminal Police Commission (ICPC).
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