The headquarters of Interpol, the international police organisation, is located in which country?
- A.Austria
- B.France
- C.Switzerland
- D.Belgium
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Explanation
The correct answer is B, France. The International Criminal Police Organization, or Interpol, was founded at Vienna in 1923 and moved its headquarters to Lyon in France in 1989, where its general secretariat works today. It helps police forces of member countries exchange information, issues notices such as the red notice for wanted persons, and runs databases on stolen documents and vehicles. In India the Central Bureau of Investigation acts as the national central bureau for Interpol.
Option A, Austria, is where the body was founded, which makes it the trap, and Vienna still holds the IAEA and OPEC. Option C, Switzerland, holds many international bodies at Geneva and Basel but not Interpol. Option D, Belgium, is the seat of NATO and the European Union at Brussels, and also of Europol's partner institutions, but Europol itself is at The Hague.
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