CBI is designated as the National Central Bureau of India for Interpol.
New Delhi:
The social media shy CBI has made its first appearance on Twitter and Instagram ahead of the upcoming Interpol General Assembly, in which 195 countries are likely to participate, officials said on Sunday.
He said the agency created its accounts on both the platforms with the user ID CBI_CIO for the three-day 90th General Assembly beginning October 18.
Unlike its peers, the Enforcement Directorate and the National Investigation Agency, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), had kept social media at an arm’s length, sticking to the age-old practice of issuing press releases.
Officials said the General Assembly would focus on cybercrime, financial crimes and child sexual abuse material circulated on the Internet.
Having already held a General Assembly in 1997, India was given the opportunity to organize the event through a vote on the eve of the 75th anniversary of its independence.
Home Minister Amit Shah had made a proposal in this regard to Interpol Secretary General Jurgen Stock, who had met the minister during his visit to India.
The General Assembly is the supreme governing body of Interpol, consisting of representatives from each of the 195 member states that meet annually.
He said each member country can be represented by one or several representatives who are usually ministers, police chiefs, their Interpol national central bureau chiefs and senior officials of the ministry.
India, which joined the organization in 1949, is one of the oldest members of the International Criminal Police Organization known as Interpol.
Headquartered in Lyon, France, Interpol was established in 1923 as the International Criminal Police Commission (ICPC). The Interpol name served as the agency’s telegraphic address in 1946, and was chosen as its generic name in 1956.
CBI is designated as the National Central Bureau of India for Interpol.
The agency has actively participated in two recent operations based on Interpol inputs – Operation Megha Chakra against online child sexual abuse material and Operation Garuda against narcotics.
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