The progress in science in various fields and the criminals’ misuse thereof in perpetrating crimes have given rise to a special and new type of criminal phenomenon in international level called transnational crimes making the global community faced with various challenges in social, legal, political and economic aspects out of its rapid growth. The specific characteristics of these types of crimes, especially of its organized type, and the detrimental effects resulting from the perpetration of such crimes instigated the global community to elevate its cooperations against such crimes in transnational dimensions. Undoubtedly, police organizations are amongst the important and influential institutions fighting and counteracting the occurrence of various kinds of crimes. International criminal police organization known as Interpol is one of the international organizations formed for states’ mutual collaboration parallel to fighting against international crimes and establishment of public order and security. The objective in founding this organization is the creation of an international system for controlling and combatting the crimes and cooperation and information exchange between the police of different countries around the globe. The organization has been formed based on the principle of the countries’ governance hence it does not intervene in political, racial, religious and military issues.
Holding regional and international conferences and offering technical aids and instruction, facilitation of information exchange and providing other services, including in regard of fugitives and the wanted and, finally, extradition of the perpetrators of organized crimes, are amongst the activities performed by this organization in its fight against transnational organized crimes.
