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INTERPOL AND OTHER FORMS OF MUTUAL ASSISTANCE

IACP
Rounding out our discussion of international assistance is the International Association of Chiefs of Police. This organization is neither an intelligence gathering nor an intelligence disseminating body. Nor does it assist in investigations or procedural matters. However, it is very effective at its goals: "to advance the science and art of police services; to develop and disseminate improved administrative, technical and operational practices and promote their use in police work; to foster police cooperation and the exchange of information and experience among police administrators throughout the world; to bring about recruitment and training in the police profession of qualified persons; and to encourage adherence of all police officers to high professional standards of performance and conduct."Int'l Ass'n of Chiefs of Police, About IACP, History, available here (last visited June 2, 2005).

Effect of Mutual Assistance
By expanding international cooperation, the United States and other countries are able to more effectively track, arrest, extradite, and prosecute suspects. As countries determine that modern exigencies demand an expansion of their extraterritorial jurisdiction, the more cooperation among nations is certain to increase.

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