CBI Academy joins Interpol Global Academy Network

Context- The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Academy recently joined Interpol’s Global Academy Network.

Key Highlights 

• The network supports academic cooperation between police training institutions in different parts of the world.  
• The CBI Academy has become the 10th member of Interpol’s global academic network. 

Significance

• The collaboration will greatly benefit Indian police personnel  and also provide quality capacity building, capacity building and training opportunities to police personnel worldwide. 

CBI academy 

• The CBI Academy in Ghaziabad is a premier training institute in the field of Criminal Investigation, Prosecution and Enforcement. 
• The foundation stone of the CBI Academy was laid by Smt Margaret Alva.  
• Over the years, the CBI Academy has emerged as the premier law enforcement institution in the country and South Asia. 
• The CBI Academy has trained more than 50,000 police officers since 2005, including about 1,432 expatriates from SAARC countries, Africa, Southeast Asia, Central Asia and West Asia. 
• The CBI is the nodal body for all matters relating to INTERPOL. 

INTERPOL Global Academic Network 

• The INTERPOL Global Academic Network was established in 2019 to support INTERPOL in leading a global approach to law enforcement training. 
• The network has members in all regions and supports academic collaboration between police training institutions around the world. 

International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL) 

• It is an intergovernmental organization with 195 members. 
• It helps police officers in all of them  work together to make the world safer. 
• Headquarters: Lyon, France 
• In each country, INTERPOL’s National Central Office (NCB) acts as a central point of contact between the General Secretariat and other NCBs. 
• CBI is designated as the national central agency of India.  

Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) 

• The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) was established by order of the Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India on 1 April  1963.  
• The CBI is not a statutory body, but  its investigative powers are based on the Delhi Special Police Establishment Act, 1946.  
• The CBI functions under the state Ministry of Personnel, Grievances and Pensions and is exempted from the Right to Information (RTI) Act.  
• The Santhanam Anti-Corruption Commission recommended the creation of a CBI. 
• The Government of India established the CBI in 1963 to investigate serious crimes related to India’s defence, high-level corruption, serious fraud, cheating and embezzlement, and social crimes, particularly hoarding, black marketing and profiteering. in major commodities with pan-India and inter-state implications. 
• Section 6 of the DPSE Act empowers the Central Government to direct the CBI  on the recommendation of the concerned State Government to investigate any case under the jurisdiction of the State. 
• The CBI can suo-moto initiate investigations into crimes only in union territories.

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