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• Interpol pushes for more use of biometrics to ID terrorists

  Interpol is calling for Asia Pacific authorities to make better usage of biometrics to identify members of terrorist groups such as ISIS.

• Interpol battling 'crime-as-a-service'

  Purchasing stolen credentials is so easy that anyone with a couple of hours of Google research and not many technical skills can do it according to Interpol cyber innovation and outreach project manager Steve Honiss.

• INTERPOL signs agreement with Trend Micro to help fight cyber crime

  INTERPOL has signed a three-year contract with Trend Micro which will see the security vendor provide resources, information and staff to the international police organisation and its 190 member countries, including Australia.

• Global operation disrupts thousands of illegal online pharmacies

  Law enforcement agencies in 111 countries collaborated to disrupt thousands of online pharmacies in what Interpol claims was the largest ever global operation targeting organized criminal networks that sell fake medicines.

• AusCERT 2011: Eugene Kaspersky calls for Internet Interpol

  With cybercrime now the second largest criminal activity in the world, measures such as the creation of an 'Internet Interpol' and better cooperation between international law enforcement agencies are needed if criminals are to be curtailed in the future, Kaspersky Labs founder and security expert, Eugene Kaspersky, has argued.
  

• Interpol issues wanted notice for Wikileaks' Assange

  Interpol has issued a so-called "red notice" for Wikileaks' Julian Assange, notifying police around the world that he is wanted for questioning by Swedish prosecutors related to sexual assault accusations.

• Interpol chief has Facebook identity stolen

  He's one of the most powerful people in world policing, but on Facebook Interpol chief Ronald K. Noble is just as vulnerable to identity theft as anyone else.

• Interpol fingers Aust for poor support

  An Interpol chief has scolded Australian law enforcement for contributing "almost nothing" to the global fingerprint database used by 100 countries to track criminals across the world.