INTERPOL HQ

operates 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Our seven regional bureaus bring together police within a region to share experiences and tackle common crime issues. Each of our 196 member countries maintains a National Central Bureau staffed by its own highly trained law enforcement officials. We also have three special representative offices at the African Union in Addis Ababa, the European Union in Brussels and the United Nations in New York. Neutrality:
We aim to facilitate international police cooperation even where diplomatic relations do not exist between particular countries. Action is taken within the limits of existing laws in different countries and in the spirit of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Our Constitution prohibits ‘any intervention or activities of a political, military, religious or racial character'.