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- The Union Home minister recently addressed the concluding session of the 90th INTERPOL General Assembly.
- This session was hosted by India in New Delhi.
India’s recommendations for INTERPOL
- Setting up of permanent platforms:
- India recommended to Interpol that setting up permanent counter-terrorism and anti-narcotics real-time information exchange platforms.
- These platforms would further strengthen the coordination and sustained action by the member countries against the global menaces.
- For a united response,
- India is also committed to extending all possible technical and manpower assistance to the global police organisation in this regard.
- A similar approach was required to ensure effective action against the international drug trafficking networks, for which
- Deeper cooperation among the countries,
- Intelligence-based operations,
- Regional maritime security accords and
- Efficient anti-money laundering system were also essential.
- India recommended to Interpol that setting up permanent counter-terrorism and anti-narcotics real-time information exchange platforms.
- Good and bad terrorism:
- Describing terrorism as the worst form of human rights violation, the Home Minister said a general consensus would have to be developed on the definitions of “terrorism” and “terrorist”.
- The narratives of “good” and “bad” terrorism and “small” and “big” terrorism would weaken the fight against the threat which was high on Interpol’s priority list.
- Plan of Action:
- Shah also suggested that Interpol prepare a plan for the next 50 years on the basis of its experience and achievements of the past 100 years.
- India’s efforts in combating crimes:
- Establishment of National Forensic Science University; an inter-operable criminal justice system; and linking of e-courts, e-prisons, e-forensics and e-prosecution with the Crime and Criminal Tracking Network and Systems.
- The Indian government has also decided to create a national database on crimes such as terrorism, narcotics and economic offences.
- India has established the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre, I4C, to combat cyber-crime in a comprehensive manner.
Terrorism
- An offence to intimidate a population or to compel a government or an international organisation to do or abstain from doing any act, which causes:
- Death or serious bodily injury to any person.
- Serious damage to public or private property, including a place of public use, a State or government facility, a public transportation system, an infrastructure facility or the environment.
- Damage to property, places, facilities, or systems resulting in or likely to result in a major economic loss.
- It encompasses a range of complex threats like organized terrorism in conflict zones, foreign terrorist fighters, radicalised ‘lone wolves’, etc.
- Factors Responsible for Growth of Terrorism:
- State-sponsorship and safe havens.
- State-of-the-art communication systems.
- Access to advanced technology.
- Networking of terrorist groups with the criminal underworld.
- Pakistan’s ‘good’ and ‘bad’ terrorists:
- Pakistan’s stand:
- Pakistan’s Army General in one of his speeches stated that as far as his country, army and ISI are concerned, there are clearly ‘good and bad’ terrorists.
- He stated that Pakistan was a victim of ‘bad terrorists’, implying terrorism emanating from Afghanistan.
- Without naming India, he added that Islamabad supports ‘good terrorism’ if it is against any country it considers oppressive.
- In his opinion, India is an oppressive force in Kashmir. Thus, he officially admitted that Pakistan does support terror groups operating against India.
- Realistically for Pakistan, the more it attempts to follow good versus bad terror, the more it would face destabilisation.
- Pakistan’s stand:
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