The way Interpol operates internationally, through the countries that elect to join it as members in good standing, is not unlike the way the Federal Government relates to the individual states.
I'll give you a clue. The USA Constitution, (eg Federal Law), is the highest law of the land, and any federal, state or local law that violate the American Constitution is null and void. Each state also has its own constitution and local governments within the states have their city counsel, local laws, sheriff department and police department, etc, which is fine, as long as state and local laws do not violate the American Constitution If a law is violated, it usually falls under the jurisdiction of the local government in which the crime occurred, but what happens when a crime is committed that crosses state lines. Because it doesn't make sense to have separate states pursuing a single crime across states lines, such crimes come under the jurisdiction of the Feds, who will be in charge of pursuing the criminals with cooperation of all the local an state law enforcement involved, and coordinating all activities between the various jurisdictions. The Feds may elect to prosecute the criminals as well within the federal court system and punishment would then be under the federal penal system. Interpol also needs a way to peruse crimes/criminals across national lines, that provides cooperation with the countries involved, and a way to coordinate effort under a single umbrella. Regards, LelandJ On 12/30/2009 02:33 PM, Publius Maximus wrote: >>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interpol >>> >>> So, brainiac, what does such a supposedly "small" organization need >>> that kind of diplomatic and police power for? >> >> Perhaps a better answer to your question is Interpol >> operates autonomously, under its own constitution. > > That settles it. I am going to create a new constitution that > basically lets me and whoever joins me roam the globe, and gives us > the power to arrest individuals from any country and extradite them to > some place outside their borders for trial. > > All I need are some "willing fools" in the existing countries to grant > me full diplomatic and police immunity to operate in their borders, > without their right to request information about how I'm doing what > I'm doing for what purpose, i.e., to prove it's for the noble purposes > I advertise. > > Now, where might I find such fools? > > Oh. Nevermind. :) > > - Publius > >> To have >> an international organization, like Interpol, subject to the >> jurisdictional and constitutional restrains of each of its >> member countries would cripple Interpol to a point where it >> became dysfunctional. >> >> Regards, >> >> LelandJ >> > > > _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
