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Activities and tools
for fighting
global vehicle crime
Criminal Organizations and Drugs Sub-Directorate
Stolen Motor Vehicles
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Task Force on
Databases
Project
FORMATRAIN
Stolen Motor Vehicles
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126 countries regularly upload their national
search data on stolen motor vehicles to
ASF – SMV
(Automated Search Facility - Stolen Motor Vehicles)
Current statistics:
close to 7,3 million stolen vehicles stored
over 77 million searches by 155 countries in 2012
(2011: about 40 million by 154 countries)
almost 93.000 recorded hits in 2012
(2011: about 42.000)
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Project
FORMATRAIN
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Aim
 Creating and organizing standardized training
on vehicle crime for worldwide use
 Providing and coordinating
training activities
 Compiling and maintaining training material and
related information on secure IP website (I 24/7)
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Working group members
Austria
France
Spain
Belgium
Germany
South Africa
Canada
Hong Kong
Switzerland
Estonia
Italy
United Kingdom
Finland
Netherlands
USA
Supported by:
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Regional Bureaus
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Agenda
Regional training by international expert team, including:
 Three days of lessons in
- Identification of vehicles
- Identification of international
documents
- Investigation techniques
- International cooperation
 Two days of operation as
practical excercise
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Operation
 administrative, technical and
organizational planning
 support during the operation
(e.g. advisor, observer)
 assessment and analysis
of the operation
 coordination of follow-up measures
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Results
2007 – 2013:
21 training sessions
About 600 officers
trained
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Future possibility
A training program for law enforcement officials
focusing on heavy goods transport
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Task Force on
Stolen Motor
Vehicles
(ITFSMV)
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The ITFSMV was set up in 2009 after
positive feedback to INTERPOL‘s
operational support of vehicle operations
Objectives:
 Offering operational support for national law
enforcement agencies (on request)
 Lending expertise and tools (e.g. access to
different national databases)
 Establishing a network of vehicle experts
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Members
ITFSMV includes law enforcement officials as well as
members from the private sector from the following countries:
Austria
France
Poland
Belgium
Germany
Spain
Finland
Italy
Sweden
Switzerland
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Outcomes
 10 operations supported (Balkans, Cyprus,
Germany, Hungary, Italy, Poland, Romania, Spain)
 Over 10.000 vehicles checked
 Over 110 stolen vehicles identified and seized
 Around 50 suspects arrested
(not exclusively in relation to vehicle crimes)
Currently, ITFSMV supports up to
three operations per year
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Challenges
• Lack of resources (funds, personnel)
• Lack of reliable data
• Rapid development of modern technology
• Lack of global standards
• Differing national policies
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Possible solutions
Preventive measures
(e.g. identification and localisation of
secure parking areas in relation to
heavy goods transport)
Public-Private Partnerships (PPP)
(e.g. collaboration on
specialized training initiatives for
heavy goods transport)
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IPSG Lyon / France
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Global Conference
on
Vehicle Crime
26 – 28 November 2013
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Thank you for your
attention
Any questions???
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SMV Contacts
SCA / DCO
ICPO – Interpol
200 Quai Charles de Gaulle
69006 Lyon / France
Renato Schipani
Tel: +33 (0) 472 44 5738
Fax: +33 (0) 472 44 7632
r.schipani@interpol.int
Sebastian Schmucker
Tel: +33 (0) 472 44 7662
Fax: +33 (0) 472 44 7632
s.schmucker@interpol.int
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