It’s often name-dropped in espionage thrillers, particularly when a manhunt turns international. When local law enforcement authorities need global assistance, they phone the International Criminal ...

“Do you know how it started? The seed was planted in Monte Carlo in 1914.” Leif Halberg, the head of communications for Interpol, is giving a history lesson on the international police organization.

BRUSSELS — Hakeem al-Araibi thought he had escaped the reach of the Bahraini government when he fled to Australia years ago as a political refugee. But last year he ventured to Thailand for a belated ...