KARACHI: The Director-General of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) Mohsin Hassan Butt Sanaullah Abbasi on Tuesday appreciated the efforts of NCB-INTERPOL Pakistan for apprehending fugitives who commit crimes and flee the country, ARY News reported.
The NCB-INTERPOL provides assistance to the country’s law enforcement agencies (LEAs) in apprehending fugitives who commit crimes in Pakistan and flee the country.
In the year 2022, 44 fugitives were located in various countries due to the efforts of the NCB-INTERPOL. These fugitives were then extradited to Pakistan and handed over to district police officers.
The 42 fugitives were handed over to Punjab police and the remaining 2 were wanted by Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) police.
The fugitives were arrested from countries including US, Italy, Iraq, Malaysia, South Africa, Turkey and Qatar.
According to the statement, the extradition of more fugitives — wanted by various Pakistani LEAs in connection with various crimes — is in the pipeline and NCB-INTERPOL Pakistan is making efforts with concerned INTERPOL member countries to get them extradited to Pakistan.
In January, the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) signed an agreement with the National Central Bureau-Interpol, Islamabad, (NCB-Pakistan) to provide access to the Interpol data to three units of Islamabad police and the FIA.
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