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New Zealand Police and Interpol

New Zealand Police working with Interpol

Interpol Interpol (International Criminal Police Organisation) aims to promote cooperation in preventing, detecting and suppressing crime. Interpol's New Zealand bureau is based in Wellington.

New Zealand Police supports Interpol in cases involving:

  • international missing persons
  • extradition
  • mutual assistance applications
  • arranging escorts for deportations
  • child abduction across international borders
  • criminal history checks
  • criminal investigations
  • witnesses required for overseas court cases
  • overseas witnesses required for New Zealand court cases
  • maintaining border alerts for Family Court Orders.
     

International Missing Persons

If a family member or next of kin is missing overseas and you hold genuine fears for their safety, the local police station is the first point of contact.

Passport details, recent photographs, copies of recent correspondence and an itinerary will all help in the search.

Local police will ask the New Zealand Interpol Bureau to contact the country in which the person is missing. Interpol in that country will then make enquiries.

Local police will keep family informed as the search progresses.

Police Liaison Officers

Three senior CIB staff are based within the New Zealand overseas missions at Bangkok, Sydney and Canberra. They act as a contact point between the Australian, South East Asian and New Zealand police agencies on drug and other criminal matters.

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