Rome: Concerned over terror groups investing in stock markets through spurious companies, India on Tuesday sought international cooperation to deal with it. "It is a cliche to say that terror-funding is the lifeblood of terrorism. Credible intelligence suggests that terrorist outfits are investing in stock markets through spurious companies, setting up fictitious businesses and laundering money," Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde said, addressing the Interpol General Assembly in Rome.
Shinde said the utmost important task was to detect the sources of such finance, including the fake currency variant, its conduits, modus-operandi and stanching its flow. "Here again the Interpol has to play a very crucial role," he said.
The Home Minister said India has adopted a system to counter-terrorism that gives primacy to dialogue, democratic political processes and the rule of law. The country deal with terrorism within the ambit of this structure. "Post 26/11, we have raised the level of preparedness to meet the increasingly sophisticated terrorist threats. Secondly, we have enhanced the speed and decisiveness of the response to a terrorist threat or a terrorist attack," he said.
Shinde said India's consistent and basic stand before the international community has been that there could be no justification for terrorism on any grounds: religious, political, ideological or any other. "To be effective, the fight against terrorism has to be long term, comprehensive and sustained. Strengthening of international cooperation is vital to ensure that action is not restricted simply to the perpetrators but also encompassed States, which
03:06 PM, Nov 06, 2012
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday granted bail to Syed Mohammed Kazmi, who is accused in the Israel embassy car blast case. The apex court had in September 2012 sought the response of Delhi Police on the bail plea of Kazmi, a journalist, who is accused in the February 13 attack on an Israeli diplomat. The police had claimed that Kazmi had confessed to the attack. Kazmi was arrested...
12:00 PM, Oct 19, 2012
New Delhi: The Delhi Police team visiting Iran to probe the February 13 Israeli diplomat car blast in the capital is expected to return on Tuesday. The two-member team was sent to Tehran after Iranian authorities conveyed a willingness to assist Delhi Police's probe after it emerged that four Iranian nationals were allegedly involved in the attack. India has secured an Interpol Red Corner warrant against all the four men....
08:37 AM, Aug 14, 2012
Islamabad: Pakistan has sent a reminder to Interpol to immediately arrest former president Pervez Musharraf, a "proclaimed offender" in the assassination of Benazir Bhutto in 2007. The Federal Investigation Agency has written another letter to Interpol to remind it to immediately arrest Musharraf and hand him over to Pakistan so that he can be produced before a court conducting the trial of those accused in the assassination of former Pakistan...
07:53 PM, Jun 25, 2012
Washington: The United States on Tuesday slapped sanctions against underworld don Dawood Ibrahim's two top aides, Chhota Shakeel and Tiger Memon, for their role in drug trafficking in the region. The US Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) designated Chhota Shakeel and Ibrahim 'Tiger' Memon as Specially Designated Narcotics Traffickers pursuant to the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act (Kingpin Act) for their roles as part of...
03:02 AM, May 16, 2012
New Delhi: India has sent an arrest warrant for Masoud Sedaghatzadeh, arrested in connection with the botched-up bombing in Bangkok, to Malaysia requesting for his production before court to unravel the conspiracy behind the attack on an Israeli diplomat's car in New Delhi on February 13. Malaysian authorities through diplomatic channels were handed over the warrant with a plea that a proper extradition request would be sent after completion of...
06:34 PM, Apr 05, 2012
New Delhi: There is a strong possibility that you won't be able to indulge in your favourite internet activities like shopping and surfing due to a hacking group - Anonymous - which has threatened to shut down the net on Saturday. "Operation Global Blackout 2012 looks to shut down the Internet for a whole day tomorrow (Saturday) by disabling its core DNS servers, making websites inaccessible," said Interpol's Secretary General,...
09:14 PM, Mar 30, 2012
New Delhi: Absconding directors of multi-level marketing company Gold Sukh Trade India Ltd, which allegedly duped its investors over Rs 300 crore in Rajasthan, have been extradited to the country from Vietnam, a CBI spokesperson said in New Delhi on Tuesday. Rajasthan Police had requested the CBI to issue Red Corner Notices against directors Mahendra Nirwan, Neetu Nirwan, Manvendra Pratap Singh Chauhan, Pramod alias Bablu Sharma and Asha Sharma based...
05:58 PM, Mar 20, 2012
New Delhi: The CBI will soon approach Interpol Headquarters for issuing of look-out notices against three Iranian nationals who are suspected to behind the bomb attack on an Israeli diplomat here last month. The CBI, which serves as the nodal organisation in the country dealing with Interpol matters, will send the request by Tuesday to its international headquarters, agency sources said. They said the agency is in final stages of...
07:17 PM, Mar 19, 2012
Islamabad: Pakistan's Interior Ministry has written to France-based Interpol for a Red Corner Notice against former President Pervez Musharraf for his arrest and extradition to the country, Interior Minister Rehman Malik said on Sunday. "We have sent a request to Interpol for the arrest of Pervez Musharraf," Malik told journalists during an interaction at the National Press Club. He, however, furnished no other details. The request was sent to Interpol...
10:48 PM, Mar 04, 2012
Islamabad: Pakistan has approached France-based Interpol for a Red Corner notice against former President Pervez Musharraf, seeking his arrest and extradition to the country over his alleged involvement in the assassination of ex-Premier Benazir Bhutto. The Interior Ministry has forwarded the request to the Interpol Secretariat through the global police organisation's representative in Pakistan, the Dawn newspaper reported on Sunday, quoted sources. Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) senior prosecutor, Chaudhry Zulfiqar...
02:49 PM, Mar 04, 2012
New Delhi: The CBI on Friday stressed the need for cooperation with international law enforcement agencies to trace and recover illegal wealth stashed abroad. "In today's globalised context, effective international cooperation in essential for fighting corruption that transcends international boundaries. "We need to engage with each other at all levels to effectively deal with those criminals indulging in corrupt practices at a multi-national level. This requires more effective cooperation among...
05:09 PM, Feb 17, 2012
Moscow: Interpol's wanted list increased by 50 per cent in 2011, to 75,000 names from 50,000 in 2010, Interpol chief Ronald Noble said. The list currently includes 26,000 suspects who have been issued "red notices", which stipulates their immediate detention for subsequent extradition, as well as 49,000 issued "diffusions" - informal arrest warrants that are posted on Interpol's communications system. The bureau issued 10,000 new "red notices" and 15,000 "diffusions"...
03:59 AM, Jan 20, 2012
New Delhi: Anna Hazare and his team members may have time and again slammed and questioned its integrity, but Interpol says the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) was renowned in the world for its "impartiality and independence". "The CBI has a world wide reputation for its integrity, independence and impartiality," Interpol chief Ronald K Noble told reporters here. The CBI has been a focussed target of Opposition parties and social...
04:22 AM, Dec 17, 2011
Zintan: Muammar Gaddafi's former heir apparent Saif al-Islam was captured by revolutionary fighters in the southern desert on Saturday just over a month after his father was killed, setting off joyous celebrations across Libya and closing the door on the possibility that the fugitive son could stoke further insurrection. Saif al-Islam - who has undergone a transformation from a voice of reform in an eccentric and reviled regime to one...
08:06 AM, Nov 20, 2011
New Delhi: Former Jharkhand chief minister Madhu Koda's close aide Sanjay Chaudhary, alleged to have been behind dubious investments of the leader, was arrested in the UAE on Wednesday under charges of extracting illegal gratification from a Mumbai based firm seeking mining lease in the state. According to a statement by CBI, Chaudhary, in connivance with other accused in the case, is alleged to have extracted illegal gratification to the...
10:12 PM, Nov 09, 2011
BJP reacts to the verdict in the two-decade-old Bofors payoff case against Quattrocchi. ...
04:11 PM, Mar 04, 2011
London: Interpol issued a "red notice" on Tuesday to assist in the arrest of Julian Assange, founder of the whistle-blowing website WikiLeaks, who is wanted in Sweden on suspicion of sexual crimes. Assange, a former computer hacker now at the centre of a global controversy after WikiLeaks released a trove of classified US diplomatic cables at the weekend, denies the Swedish allegations. The website of Interpol, the international police agency,...
08:00 AM, Dec 01, 2010
New Delhi: The international counter-terrorism agency has lauded India for its efforts to ensure foolproof security for the Commonwealth Games 2010. ...
11:31 AM, Oct 15, 2010
