The Interpol database contains about 50 thousand records with data of terrorists from all over the world, the head of the National Central Bureau (NCB) of Interpol of the Russian Interior Ministry, police Major General Alexander Prokopchuk told TASS.
"Interpol administers the information array containing information about the perpetrators of crimes of the terrorist character of the persons. Information is provided by Interpol member countries. The database is constantly updated, so it is difficult to give an exact number. Approximately now there are about 50 thousand records," he said.
According to Prokopchuk, Interpol is implementing several anti-terrorism projects. "Thanks to their participation, we received information about thousands of foreign terrorist fighters who joined international terrorist organizations around the world. At the same time, the main work is being carried out in a bilateral format in relation to specific terrorists," the head of the Russian Bureau of Interpol said.
He also noted that Russia receives a high return from its CIS partners. "We are also actively working with law enforcement agencies in Syria, Turkey, Iraq, Iran, and EU countries. Last year, for example, as a result of this work, five members of terrorist organizations that we put on the international wanted list were extradited to Russia," Prokopchuk said.
Criminals who are on the international wanted list prefer to hide in European countries, Prokopchuk said. "In general, it is worth highlighting the countries of Europe as a favorite place for such fugitives. Although the number of renditions from the Kingdom of Thailand and other Southeast Asian countries has increased in recent years. Sometimes you have to deliver wanted people from more exotic countries. For example, last year, for the first time, our employees took the accused from Madagascar," he said.
Prokopchuk also noted that they had previously flown for criminals in Sierra Leone, Peru, Argentina, Ecuador and South Africa. "Every year we manage to return from abroad an average of 70-80 persons who have committed serious and especially serious crimes," said the head of the Russian Bureau of Interpol.
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