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In reality, the International Criminal Police Organization -- the ICPO or Interpol -- acts as liaison among the national police forces of member companies, maintains a database on international criminals, [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking|and writes those "pirating this movie is illegal" messages/PSA's]] that get removed in the pirated versions of films anyway. In other words, they don't do any direct investigation or prosecution themselves; they simply facilitate communication between agencies in different countries.
In ''fiction'', Interpol acts more like [[The Man From UNCLE|UNCLE]] and sends agents (normally solo), who somehow have full power over local police, out to track down and capture international criminals. One reason for this trope is that [[Small Reference Pools|everyone knows Interpol is "international police"]] and it avoids the need to create a group wholesale, even if that means fudging what they actually do.
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== Anime and Manga ==
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** ''Investigations'' runs away with the trope, not only making {{spoiler|''another'' victim out of one}}, but featuring one as a major character.
* Carmelita Fox of ''[[Sly Cooper]]'' is an Interpol agent.
* Looker of ''[[Pokémon Diamond and Pearl (Video Game)|Pokémon Platinum]]'' {{spoiler|and ''[[Pokémon Black and White (Video Game)|Black and White]]''}}, as well as a minor NPC on the ''SS Anne'' in ''[[Pokémon Red and Blue (Video Game)|Pokémon Red and Blue]]'', work for the [[Suspiciously Specific Denial|not-Interpol]] [[Lawyer
** Looker remains a pretty impressive agent of the police force no matter how you look at it, given the only other police who actually fight crime (besides him and that minor NPC) happen to be the [[Pokémon Ranger (Video Game)|Ranger Corps]]. [[Fridge Horror|Still makes you wonder why there's no word of their involvement in]] [[Pokémon Colosseum (Video Game)|another region, however...]]
* [[Street Fighter|Chun-Li]] is an Interpol agent who fights crime by personally kicking the crap out of crime lords.
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